Magazine gives Bucknell high marks in engineering, innovation

LEWISBURG — Bucknell University achieved one of its highest rankings from the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges report.The university in Lewisburg ranked fifth in the best undergraduate engineering — non-doctorate list and sixth in most innovative schools — national liberal arts colleges. The rankings were published Tuesday.In addition to its overall engineering ranking, Bucknell was fourth in mechanical engineering, fifth in civil engineering, tied for fifth in electrical/electronic/communications engineering and tied for sixth in computer engineering.The university also ranked in the top 20 in first-year experiences, ranking 17th.Overall, Bucknell tied for 31st among national liberal arts colleges in the rankings.The report was calculated using 17 factors. More than half of a school’s rank now comprises varying outcome measures related to schools’ success at enrolling, retaining and graduating students from different backgrounds with manageable debt and postgraduation success.Information presented in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings was collected during the spring and summer of 2024 via U.S. News’ annual online statistical survey of colleges. In total, U.S. News has collected data on more than 1,800 institutions.— JUSTIN STRAWSER