Bucknell University Fast Facts * 3,400 undergraduate and 150 graduate students * Students from 46 states and 58 countries || Demographics * About three hours from New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. * More than 8,000 applicants for about 925 spaces || Class of 2012 profile * Brian C. Mitchell became Bucknell's 16th president in July 2004 || Biography Academics * All classes are taught by faculty * More than 50 majors and 60 minors * Pre-professional advising in law and medicine * Faculty-mentored undergraduate research opportunities across all disciplines * 11-to-1 student-faculty ratio (undergraduates) * 89 percent graduate within five years - among the highest in the U.S. * More than 300 full-time faculty, 19 part-time faculty * Nearly 97 percent of regular faculty hold Ph.D. or equivalent degree * 62 percent of faculty are tenured * 96 percent of first-year students return as sophomores * 17th among U.S. liberal arts colleges for the number of graduates receiving doctorates * 24 percent of engineering students are women Student Life * 42 percent of students spend a semester or more studying off campus * 19th among bachelor's institutions for number of students studying abroad * 7th among bachelor's institutions for duration of study abroad * More than 150 student organizations, 12 fraternities and six sororities * 85 percent of seniors participate in community service or volunteer work * Student-run radio station, newspaper and literary publications The Campus * 450-acre campus * More than 100 facilities, including performing arts center, art gallery and state-of-the-art fitness center * 89 percent of undergraduate students live on campus * All student housing connected to high-speed Internet * Substantial campus wireless network || Library and Computing * Digital television in residence halls