Bucknell University Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Bucknell University is 10:1, and the school has 57.0 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Bucknell University include: Business Administration and Management, General; Economics, General; Biology/Biological Sciences, General; Political Science and Government, General; and Psychology, General. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 94.2 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Humanities Foreign languages Mathematics Sciences (biological or physical) English (including composition) Social science
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	10:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Business Administration and Management, General 10% Economics, General 10% Biology/Biological Sciences, General 6% Political Science and Government, General 6% Psychology, General 6%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's, Master's
Combined-degree programs	Five-year BS in engineering and Bachelor of Management Engineering; Five-year BS/BA in engineering and a liberal arts program; Five-year BS/MS in biology, chemistry, engineering and mathematics programs; Four-year BS/MS in chemistry (involves some summers)
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences 100% Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Writing in the disciplines N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects 13% Learning communities 26%

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	94%
4-year graduation rate	87

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data