Whitman College vs Bucknell University

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	Bucknell University	Whitman College
Overview
Location	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	Walla Walla, Washington
Campus setting	Town: Distant	City: Small
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	91.0%	89.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	34.5%	59.0%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $40 Graduate: $50	$50
SAT range	1295 - 1450	1295 - 1455
ACT range	29 - 33	29 - 33
Students submitting SAT score	35.0%	21.0%
Students submitting ACT score	17.0%	19.0%
Total number of applicants	11,263	5,155
Total number of admissions given out	3,886	3,039
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,027	477
Yield rate	26.4%	15.7%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Not required
Recommendation letters	Required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$77,740	$71,982
Average net price	$38,170	$35,627
Tuition	$59,474	$55,560
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $9,192 Meal plan: $5,682	Room/dormitory: $6,080 Meal plan: $7,720
Available payment plans	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	59.0% Average amount $37,752	91.0% Average amount $30,781
Students receiving federal student loan	32.0% Average amount $5,232	42.0% Average amount $4,853
Students taking out private loans	7.0% Average amount $23,169	2.0% Average amount $14,105

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	3,724 Men 47.1% Women 52.9%	1,559 Men 43.9% Women 56.1%
Graduate students	33 Men 30.3% Women 69.7%	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Low
Out-of-state students	76.9%	65.0%
International students	5.3%	10.2%
Campus local/setting	Town: Distant	City: Small
Dormitory capacity	3,394	886
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut Maryland	Washington California Oregon Colorado Minnesota

Academics
Popular study areas	Engineering Business Social Sciences Education Foreign Languages and Literatures	Social Sciences Biological and Biomedical Sciences Visual & Performing Arts English Language and Literature Computer and Information Science
Students to faculty ratio	9:1	9:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Outcome
Graduation rate	88.0%	88.7%
Dropout rate	0.6%	1.6%
Transferred out	11.3%	8.0%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,290 Year 2: $66,147 Year 3: $82,360 Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $71,437 Year 2: $76,460 Year 3: $80,333 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,748 Year 2: $69,002 Year 3: $76,198 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,343 Year 2: $49,683 Year 3: $69,149 Civil Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $66,231 Year 2: $65,610 Year 3: $68,732 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $51,607 Year 3: $66,842 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,041 Year 2: $55,102 Year 3: $63,698 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,358 Year 2: $49,136 Year 3: $60,608 Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,507 Year 2: $52,941 Year 3: $57,352 International Relations and National Security Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,905 Year 2: $55,964 Year 3: $55,173	Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,596 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $64,407 Visual and Performing Arts, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $26,353 Year 3: $43,330 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $20,051 Year 2: $22,999 Year 3: $41,844 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,549 Year 2: $27,584 Year 3: $39,355 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $18,868 Year 3: N/A Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $20,472 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: N/A Sociology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: N/A Film/Video and Photographic Arts (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A

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