Straddling the border between Lewisburg and neighboring East Buffalo Township, Bucknell University is a selective, nationally ranked, private liberal arts university. Bucknell offers 3,600 students from across the United States and around the world rigorous curricula in the humanities, natural and social sciences as well as pre-professional programs in engineering and management. Founded in 1846 by the local Baptist community as the University at Lewisburg, Bucknell now comprises three colleges: the College of Arts & Sciences (1846), the College of Engineering (1962), and the Kenneth W. Freeman College of Management (2017). As Bucknell has grown over the course of the last 175 years, it has become relatively more central to the economic vitality of Lewisburg and the surrounding area.