
Bucknell Outcomes
At Bucknell, we value the journey just as much as the destination. That's why understanding where graduates go after Bucknell begins with understanding how they got here.
Students from across the country — and around the world — arrive at Bucknell ready to innovate, explore and solve problems they didn't create.
While here, they make scientific breakthroughs, embrace new ideas and work shoulder to shoulder with our impressive faculty. The setting makes a difference, too. Bucknell offers the resources of a large university but in an intimate, highly personalized environment where students are free to live, learn and grow.
As it turns out, a Bucknell education doesn't just prepare students for the real world. It is the real world.
Numbers to Know
Class of 2022: secured opportunities within nine months of graduation*
Class of 2022: average starting salary
Bucknell's ranking among liberal arts colleges for alumni mid-career salary
Percentage of students who graduate within six years
*Reports being employed, in graduate school, both employed and in graduate school, preparing for graduate school or volunteering.
Prepared for a Career
Life doesn't happen in a straight line. That's why a Bucknell education equips students to follow the career path they choose — regardless of their major. Our interdisciplinary approach prepares graduates from all academic areas for a wide variety of industries.
Here's a sampling of where some members of Bucknell's Class of 2022 are working:
Accenture
AlphaSights
AT&T
Bank of America
BNY Mellon
Clark Construction
Deloitte
Epic
EY
Fast Enterprises
Goldman Sachs
Guidepoint
Johnson & Johnson
J.P. Morgan
KPMG
MITRE
Morgan Stanley
Oracle
PwC
RSM
UBS
Veeva
Whitting-Turner
Prepared for Further Education
Four years at Bucknell provides a powerful foundation for postgraduate work. Our graduates have earned advanced degrees from some of the nation's top medical schools, law schools and graduate schools.
You'll find Class of 2022 Bucknellians at these graduate schools (and many more):
Boston University
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell Law School
Duke University
Harvard University
George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
New York Film Academy
New York University
Penn State University
Penn State Dickinson Law
Stanford University
Trinity College Dublin
Tufts University
University of California Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest University

The Power of Bucknell Connections
HEALTH CARE
On her path to a career at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Gissell Botero Rodriguez '19 tapped into Bucknell's pre-health advising offerings and alumni network.
Prepared for Success
External Comparisons
In a 2020 survey, Bucknell seniors said their college experience gave them the skills and knowledge employers are looking for. That includes these areas:
- Critical thinking
- Complex problem solving
- Written communications
- Oral communications
- Quantitative reasoning
- Teamwork in diverse groups
External comparisons dashboard
What Alumni Say
In 2020, Bucknell alumni were surveyed about their first jobs after graduation. Respondents said, at an above-average rate, that their jobs were meaningful, well-paying and used skills they learned at Bucknell.
Financial Indicators
Students graduate from Bucknell with less student loan debt than average and are much less likely to default on their loans.
Prepared for Support
Around here, we like to say that you're Bucknellian for life.
Bucknell graduates join a supportive alumni network of more than 55,000 Bucknellians. These alumni live around the world and represent nearly every industry you can imagine. They're ready to help fellow Bucknellians succeed.
I didn't realize how many soft skills I had gained in college — from managing deadlines and balancing multiple projects to communicating my ideas clearly. I really felt confident stepping into a professional setting based on the things I learned at Bucknell.
Julia Carita '20, gallery assistant at Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia