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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.

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Class of 2022 post-graduate survey

Data

Numbers to Know

Class of 2022: secured opportunities within nine months of graduation*

94 %

Class of 2022: average starting salary

$ 69,540

Bucknell's ranking among liberal arts colleges for alumni mid-career salary

12 th

Percentage of students who graduate within six years

89 %

*Reports being employed, in graduate school, both employed and in graduate school, preparing for graduate school or volunteering.

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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

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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

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    Financial Indicators

    Students graduate from Bucknell with less student loan debt than average and are much less likely to default on their loans.

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    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.

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    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

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