	Bucknell University 2016 University Academic Rankings
Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the town of Lewisburg, in central Pennsylvania, United States. The university consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Management, and the College of Engineering. Bucknell was founded in 1846, and features programs in the arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, engineering, management, education, and music, as well as programs and pre-professional advising that prepare students for study in law and medicine. It offers nearly 50 majors and over 60 minors. It is primarily an undergraduate school (with about 3,600 students), and has about 50 graduate students. Students come from all 50 states and from more than 66 countries. Bucknell has nearly 200 student organizations and a large Greek presence. The school's mascot is Bucky the Bison and the school is a member of the Patriot League in NCAA Division I athletics. History \| Founding & Early Years Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, Bucknell traces its origination to a group of Baptists from White Deer Valley Baptist Church who deemed it "desirable that a Literary Institution should be established in Central Pennsylvania, embracing a High School for male pupils, another for females, a College and also a Theological Institution." The group's efforts for the institution began to crystallize in 1845, when Stephen William Taylor, a professor at Madison University (now Colgate University) in Hamilton, New York, was asked to prepare a charter and act as general agent for the university's development. The charter for the University at Lewisburg, granted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and approved by the governor on February 5, 1846, carried one stipulation-that $100,000 ($2,633,704 today) be raised before the new institution would be granted full corporate status. More than 4,000 subscribers ultimately contributed, including a small boy who gave 12 cents ($3 today). In 1846, the "school preparatory to the University" opened in the basement of the First Baptist Church in Lewisburg. Known originally as the Lewisburg High School, it became in 1848 the Academical and Primary Department of the University at Lewisburg. In 1850, the department moved into the first building completed on campus, now called Taylor Hall. Built for $8,000 ($227,552 today), the building housed both women's and men's studies until the opening of the Female Institute in 1852. While studying together, women were required to face east while men faced west. The school's first commencement was held on August 20, 1851, for a graduation class of seven men. Among the board members attending was James Buchanan, who would become the 15th President of the United States. Stephen Taylor officiated as his last act before assuming office as president of Madison University. One day earlier, the trustees had elected Howard Malcom as the first president of the university, a post he held for six years. Female Institute Although the Female Institute began instruction in 1852, it wasn't until 1883 that college courses were opened to women. Bucknell, though, was committed to equal educational opportunities for women. This commitment was reflected in the words of David Jayne Hill of the Class of 1874, and president of the university from 1879 to 1888: "We need in Pennsylvania, in the geographical centre of the state, a University, not in the German but in the American sense, where every branch of non-professional knowledge can be pursued, regardless of distinction of sex. I have no well-matured plan to announce as to the sexes; but the Principal of the Female Seminary proposes to inaugurate a course for females equal to that pursued at Vassar; the two sexes having equal advantages, though not reciting together." Within five years ... [more on wikipedia]

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Bucknell University Details

Bucknell University Details
detail	value
state	Pennsylvania
conference	Patriot League
public	Private
scores	1945/1297/29
level	Excellent
rank	[131
overall ROI rank	[93
size	small
undergrads	3565
grads	59
price	63040
drop	9
stem	30
research	0
scores valid	True

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What are the academic rankings for Bucknell University?

1. number 131 for Academics.

2. number 93 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Bucknell University?

1. St Olaf College

2. Lehigh University

3. Lafayette College

4. University of Tulsa

5. Rice University

6. United States Military Academy

7. Tufts University

National Academic Rankings

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Bucknell University National Academic Rankings

Bucknell University National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	131	89	83	150	170	153	159	76	93
Div1	75	34	29	86	91	95	95	41	61
Div1 Nonivy	69	26	22	81	87	90	90	39	57
Div1 Private	26	25	19	28	28	31	31	18	19
Private	75	75	65	68	79	53	53	38	54
Stem Low	81	46	54	81	84	80	80	53	76
Patriot League	8	4	5	8	7	8	8	5	7
New England Region	63	48	45	68	70	60	60	20	38
State of Pennsylvania	9	8	7	10	11	12	10	7	6
Top Ten Top250	131	89	83	150	170	153	159	76	93
Top Ten Patriot League	8	4	5	8	7	8	8	5	7

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85.67	St Olaf College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	144	127
84.70	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
84.68	Lafayette College	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	165	106
79.83	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Athletic Conference	Private	Good	139	75
79.39	Rice University	Texas	Conference USA	Private	Elite	20	4
78.72	United States Military Academy	New York	Division I-A Independents / Pa...	Public	Good	145	78
77.92	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
77.62	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
77.53	Union College	Kentucky	Mid - South Conference / Appal...	Private	BelowAverage	162	178
77.17	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160
77.13	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
76.79	Colby College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	132	155
76.67	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
76.58	Grinnell College	Iowa	Midwest Conference	Private	Excellent	114	123
76.13	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
75.90	Reed College	Oregon	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	106	144
75.46	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
75.11	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
74.78	University of Virginia	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	32	27
74.21	University of Maryland-College Park	Maryland	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	34	60
74.17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	17	16
74.14	University of California-Los Angeles	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Excellent	29	84
74.11	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	33	25
74.05	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	24	17
74.03	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	30	22
71.08	Princeton University	New Jersey	Ivy League	Private	Elite	4	11
71.01	Yale University	Connecticut	Ivy League	Private	Elite	3	37
70.86	Trinity University	Texas	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Good	212	170
70.81	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
70.54	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
70.51	Carleton College	Minnesota	Midwest Conference	Private	Elite	84	43
70.41	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	16	47
70.30	Brown University	Rhode Island	Ivy League	Private	Elite	25	34
70.25	Duke University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	13	3
70.19	The College of New Jersey	New Jersey	New Jersey Athletic Conference	Public	Good	164	193
70.14	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
70.05	Stanford University	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	9	17
69.88	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
69.60	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	7	42
69.55	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
69.48	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
69.29	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
69.11	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	137	205
68.97	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Ivy League	Private	Elite	2	10
68.72	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
68.52	Earlham College	Indiana	Heartland Collegiate Athletic ...	Private	Good	235	249
68.43	Northeastern University	Massachusetts	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	Elite	40	109
68.33	Cornell University	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	15	39
68.33	The University of Texas at Dallas	Texas	American Southwest Conference	Public	Good	70	55
68.11	Stony Brook University	New York	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Good	62	109

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match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
97.53	Santa Clara University	California	West Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	123	98
96.91	St Olaf College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	144	127
95.80	University of Richmond	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	128	150
95.72	Colby College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	132	155
95.71	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	137	205
95.49	No Conference Affiliation (Average)	-	No Conference Affiliation	-Conf-	Excellent	-	180
95.14	United States Naval Academy	Maryland	Division I Independents / Patr...	Public	Excellent	126	48
95.05	Fordham University	New York	Patriot League / Atlantic 10 C...	Private	Good	109	167
94.89	Southern Methodist University	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	80	73
94.72	Davidson College	North Carolina	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	Excellent	155	129
94.60	Lafayette College	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	165	106
94.42	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
94.09	Kenyon College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	147	91
93.69	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Athletic Conference	Private	Good	139	75
93.08	Washington and Lee University	Virginia	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	Private	Elite	117	46
93.05	American University	Washington DC	Patriot League	Private	Good	113	180
92.90	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
92.00	Atlantic 10 Conference (Average)	-	Atlantic 10 Conference	-Conf-	Good	-	158
91.96	Hamilton College	New York	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	115	153
91.90	Illinois Institute of Technology	Illinois	Division III Independents	Private	Good	122	55
90.04	Scripps College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	127	204
89.43	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	Maryland	America East	Public	AboveAverage	130	174
89.36	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
87.04	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York	City University of New York At...	Public	AboveAverage	135	182
86.73	Michigan Technological University	Michigan	Great Lakes Intercollegiate At...	Public	AboveAverage	146	58
86.57	Drexel University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	AboveAverage	120	134
85.87	Big Twelve Conference (Average)	-	Big Twelve Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	106
83.31	Syracuse University	New York	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	172	216
83.31	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Colorado	Mountain West Conference	Public	AboveAverage	143	139
82.97	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	148	88
82.31	Auburn University	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	139	79
81.65	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Oklahoma	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	137	54
81.28	Iowa State University	Iowa	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	129	71
80.65	University at Buffalo	New York	Mid American Conference	Public	AboveAverage	124	190
78.26	University of Utah	Utah	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	142	86
77.88	University of Kentucky	Kentucky	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	159	130
77.07	Michigan State University	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	Public	Average	111	74
76.07	Oregon State University	Oregon	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	152	202

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