Rankings and Admission
Bucknell is a liberal arts university, with a class of 2015 undergraduate acceptance rate of 27.3%. U.S. News & World Report classifies its selectivity as "most selective." In 2011, Forbes rated it 48th in America's Best Colleges. In its 2012 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked Bucknell 29th in National Liberal Arts Colleges. The 25th and 75th percentile SAT scores for the Class of 2011 that matriculated were 600 and 690, respectively in Critical Reading, and in Math the 25th/75th percentiles were 630 and 710. 81% of students accepted into Bucknell were in the top 10% of their class, and 94% of accepted students were in the top 20% of their class. For 2010–2011, Kiplinger ranked Bucknell 22nd in terms of "Best Value among Liberal Arts Colleges in the US," which took into account academic quality, cost and financial aid measures. Bucknell is also listed in the guide "Hidden Ivies: 50 Top Colleges that Rival the Ivy League," one of fifty institutions comparable in quality to Ivy League universities. The Princeton Review included Bucknell in its annual Best Value Colleges for 2012. Bucknell is ranked 4th on Payscale's list of Top Liberal Arts Colleges by Salary Potential.
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