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2021 CLASS PROFILE
%FIRST-
GENERATION STUDENTS
%STUDENTS OF COLOR
2021C L A S S P R O F I L E
41.5
%
66.8
%
33.2
%
ARTS & SCIENCES ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
58.5
%
56.8
%
43.2
%
includes those who identify as Black or African-American,
Latino or Hispanic, Asian, Hawaiian or Pacific
Islander, American-Indian or Alaska native, or two or more races
The Class of 2021 represents 31 states and the District of Columbia.
19.5% 10.3%
17.8% 6.6%
17.5% 5.1%
13.8% 3.5%
5.9% Outside the U.S.
37.6%62.4%
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL
CLASS DIVERSITY
48.7%MALE
51.3%FEMALE
HIGH SCHOOLS
AdmissionsBucknell University One Dent DriveLewisburg, PA 17837, USA
@BUCKNELLU
CLASS OF 2021 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
REPRESENT
49COUNTRIES
Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam
DATA AS OF SEPT. 5, 2017
% %NON-U.S.CITIZENS
DUAL CITIZENS ANDPERMANENT RESIDENTS
REV0
5/18
2021MEET THE CLASS OF
3.55AVERAGE GPA
600-710MIDDLE 50%
SAT CRITICAL READING
610-710MIDDLE 50%SAT WRITING
2021
enrolled student scores
620-730MIDDLE 50%
SAT MATH
MERIT SCHOLARSHIPSIn the Class of 2021, Bucknell welcomes:
30 Arts Merit Scholars
8 Bucknell Women in Science & Engineering (B-WISE) Scholars
79 Dean’s Scholars
1 FIRST Scholar
30 Posse Scholars
24 Presidential Fellows
1 PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholar
ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST
INTERESTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS & COOL FACTS
Delegate to the European Youth Parliament’s economics committee
Traveled to Peru to study the rainforest ecosystem and teach locals about waste management
Ran five marathons
Teaches children with disabilities how to snowboard
Taught English in a Burmese village as a high school junior and founded a nonprofit to provide students there with backpacks
Wrote a mathematics textbook while teaching English, math and science to children in rural India
Started a school club to teach English to children in the Dominican Republic via Skype
Interned with HBO and worked on its Vinyl series
Conducted computational research in electrodynamics at Yale
BUCKNELL’S 2017-18 FINANCIAL AIDawarded to all undergraduates who were eligible to receive financial aid
$56M
$18.5M( $2.5M) FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS
STUDENT LOANS
BUCKNELL GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
( $1.4M) STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
APPLIED ADMITTED ENROLLED
Arts & Humanities 610 265 70
Engineering 2,995 737 187
Physical & Natural Sciences 2,388 875 207
Management 1,531 456 148
Social Sciences 1,564 469 175
Undecided 1,165 385 186
TOTAL 10,253 3,187 973
28-31MIDDLE 50%
ACT COMPOSITE
DATA AS OF SEPT. 5, 2017
10,253APPLICANTS
31.1% ADMITTANCE RATE 30.5% YIELD RATE (ADMITTED STUDENTS
WHO ENROLLED)
ADMITTED ENROLLED
APPLICANT, ADMIT & ENROLLEE POOL FINANCIAL AID
ACADEMICS
620-720MIDDLE 50%SAT R MATH
610-680MIDDLE 50%
SAT R EVIDENCE-BASED READING & WRITING
$37,500/YR.AVERAGE TOTAL NEED-BASED PACKAGE FOR A STUDENT
including grants, scholarships, loans and student employment (Class of 2021)
52%of undergraduate students receive
financial aid from Bucknell.
62%of undergraduate students receive
financial aid of some form.
AVERAGE TOTAL FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN INDEBTEDNESS
$22,600upon graduation for Bucknell graduates who borrowed federal loans
(Class of 2017 graduates)
TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID FROM BUCKNELLComplete a CSS PROFILE online at student.collegeboard.org/profile by November 15 for Early Decision I consideration and by January 15 for Regular Decision and Early Decision II consideration.
See bucknell.edu/FinancialAid for the full set of requirements.
Helped create a wave-making device to reduce mosquito breeding in stagnant water
%FIRST-
GENERATION STUDENTS
%STUDENTS OF COLOR
2021C L A S S P R O F I L E
41.5
%
66.8
%
33.2
%
ARTS & SCIENCES ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
58.5
%
56.8
%
43.2
%
includes those who identify as Black or African-American,
Latino or Hispanic, Asian, Hawaiian or Pacific
Islander, American-Indian or Alaska native, or two or more races
The Class of 2021 represents 31 states and the District of Columbia.
19.5% 10.3%
17.8% 6.6%
17.5% 5.1%
13.8% 3.5%
5.9% Outside the U.S.
37.6%62.4%
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOL
CLASS DIVERSITY
48.7%MALE
51.3%FEMALE
HIGH SCHOOLS
AdmissionsBucknell University One Dent DriveLewisburg, PA 17837, USA
@BUCKNELLU
CLASS OF 2021 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
REPRESENT
49COUNTRIES
Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam
DATA AS OF SEPT. 5, 2017
% %NON-U.S. CITIZENS
DUAL CITIZENS ANDPERMANENT RESIDENTS
REV0
5/18
