Bucknell University

Bucknell University is a highly competitive university located along the Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg. A "Little Ivy," often compared to Colgate, Williams, and Dartmouth, it is known for having one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation and a reputation for its rigorous academic programs (especially strong in engineering and the life sciences). Student athletes compete in 27 NCAA sports.

Academics

Bucknell is a highly competitive university, with its Class of 2009 undergraduate acceptance rate at 32.7% http://www.bucknell.edu/Admissions_Aid/Undergraduate_Students/Bucknell_Community/2009_Profile.html. It is ranked in the top 30 best liberal-arts colleges in the USA by U.S. News and World Report (Ranked #26 as of 2006). The student-faculty ratio is 11:1 http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023825<ID=1.

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USA - U.S. News and World Report

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Primarily an undergraduate institution, Bucknell offers 53 majors and 64 minors. Majors include management, biology, chemistry, education, art history, English, animal behavior, Caribbean studies, economics, and various foreign languages. Students can also design their own majors http://bucknell.edu/Academics/Colleges_Departments.html.

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Management - Biology - Chemistry - Education - Art history - English - Animal behavior - Economics

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The school's engineering program (with majors in electrical, chemical, computer science, mechanical, civil, and recently established bio-medical engineering) is particularly strong. Among American schools that do not offer a Ph.D. in engineering, Bucknell ranks No. 8. http://education.yahoo.com/college/essentials/school_rankings/college/college_rank_eng.html

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Engineering - Ph.D.

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Bucknell ranks among the top universities in the number of students from liberal arts colleges that go on to gain their Ph.D's, and is No. 3 on the All-Time List (CoSida) for Producing Academic All Americans. It also ranks in the Top 100 for schools that produce America's top business leaders.

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More than 40 percent of Bucknell students study abroad http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/abroad_brief.php.

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