Which Bucknell University major has the lowest debt?

Mechanical Engineering graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Bucknell University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Bucknell University cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,812 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $40,766 a year.

How many Bucknell University programs report graduate pay?

14 bachelor's programs at Bucknell University report first-year pay, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

Bucknell University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Lewisburg, PA
3,876 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Bucknell University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Engineering pays the most in the first year ($90,171), and English the least ($34,043). The median program pays $70,907.

Tuition and fees$67,812Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$40,766Per year

Graduation rate86%Within 6 years

Admission rate29%Of applicants

All 14 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
1	Computer EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$90,171	$140,705	Not reported	2nd of 7
2	Chemical EngineeringAbout 23 graduates a year	$80,653	$110,838	$27,000	4th of 9
3	Civil EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$80,231	$88,296	$27,000	1st of 9
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 46 graduates a year	$79,391	$99,777	$19,500	2nd of 14
5	International RelationsAbout 24 graduates a year	$77,312	$77,668	Not reported	1st of 7
6	AccountingAbout 70 graduates a year	$75,776	$121,826	$26,881	3rd of 41
7	EconomicsAbout 121 graduates a year	$70,946	$101,580	$25,888	5th of 22
8	MarketingAbout 32 graduates a year	$70,868	$98,141	$26,000	2nd of 27
9	Political ScienceAbout 87 graduates a year	$53,012	$87,169	$26,000	3rd of 29
10	PsychologyAbout 71 graduates a year	$51,645	$61,400	$27,000	1st of 48
11	Romance LanguagesAbout 32 graduates a year	$51,120	$80,998	$24,625	1st of 12
12	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 27 graduates a year	$46,698	Not reported	$26,798	2nd of 16
13	BiologyAbout 75 graduates a year	$38,765	$72,196	$26,672	11th of 50
14	EnglishAbout 23 graduates a year	$34,043	$61,250	$27,000	8th of 23

Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Pennsylvania programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Engineering$90,171
Chemical Engineering$80,653
Civil Engineering$80,231
Mechanical Engineering$79,391
International Relations$77,312

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 121 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 87 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 75 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 71 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 70 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Engineering graduates earn a median of $90,171 in their first year, the most of 14 Bucknell University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels