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Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience helping students transition to college.
Updated on April 05, 2020Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college with an acceptance rate of 34%. Located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Bucknell has the feel of a small liberal arts college with the course offerings of a comprehensive university. The engineering program is worth a close look, and the university's strengths in the liberal arts and sciences have earned it a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. In athletics, the Bucknell University Bisons compete in the NCAA Division I Patriot League. Popular sports include soccer, field hockey, football, and track and field.
Considering applying to Bucknell University? Here are the admissions statistics you should know, including average SAT/ACT scores and GPAs of admitted students.
During the 2018-19 admissions cycle, Bucknell University had an acceptance rate of 34%. This means that for every 100 students who applied, 34 students were admitted, making Bucknell's admissions process competitive.
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The admissions data in the graph is self-reported by applicants to Bucknell University. GPAs are unweighted. Find out how you compare to accepted students, see the real-time graph, and calculate your chances of getting in with a free Cappex account.
Bucknell University has a competitive admissions pool with a low acceptance rate and high average GPAs and SAT/ACT scores. However, Bucknell has a holistic admissions process involving other factors beyond your grades and test scores. A strong application essay and glowing letters of recommendation can strengthen your application, as can participation in meaningful extracurricular activities and a rigorous course schedule. Bucknell also requires several supplemental essays. Applicants should make sure to use these essays to convey your unique qualities and interests. Students with particularly compelling stories or achievements can still receive serious consideration even if their grades and test scores are outside of Bucknell's average range.
Students applying to Bucknell must apply to one of three colleges: The College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering, or the Freeman College of Management. All applicants must have two years of a single foreign language and at least two and a half years of college preparatory math.
In the scattergram above, the blue and green dots represent accepted students. You can see that the majority of successful applicants had high school grades in the "A" range, combined SAT scores of 1250 or higher (ERW+M), and ACT composite scores of 27 or better.
