Bucknell University is occasionally grouped informally with selective northeastern private institutions that share characteristics with the Ivy League, though it is not formally part of the traditional "Little Ivies" athletic conference, which primarily consists of small New England liberal arts colleges like Amherst, Williams, and Wesleyan. Nonetheless, Bucknell matches many of those institutions in terms of academic rigor, selective admissions standards, historical prestige, beautiful campus architecture, and impressive career outcomes for its graduates.