Engineering at Bucknell University

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Bucknell University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,726 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Bucknell Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Bucknell Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Bucknell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Engineering Student Demographics at Bucknell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Bucknell University.

Bucknell Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Bucknell since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Bucknell are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bucknell University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	126
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bucknell Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bucknell University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Bucknell University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bucknell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	38
Chemical Engineering	35
Computer Engineering	30
Civil Engineering	25
Electrical Engineering	18
Environmental Engineering	14
Biomedical Engineering	14

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Bucknell University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.