Historical Acceptance Rates

For the application year 2024, Bucknell University maintained an acceptance rate of 32.0%, with 11,010 applicants and 3,524 admissions. This rate is slightly lower than the 32.56% acceptance rate in 2023, which saw 11,707 applicants and 3,811 accepted students. Over the past few years, acceptance rates have shown a downward trend from 35.0% in 2022 to 37.53% in 2021. Additionally, the overall rate has fluctuated between 24.78% in 2016 and 37.53% in 2021, indicating increasing competitiveness in the admissions process.