- The Inkwell
- New York
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albany, NYCity: midsizeZIP 12208Founded 1881
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1881
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other health professions
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.acphs.edu
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a private nonprofit college in Albany, New York, with 481 undergraduates. It admits 53% of applicants, graduates 29% within six years and costs $28,425 a year after aid.
29%graduate
Admission rate53%
Retention86%
4-year graduation2.2%
Pell Grant share38%
Federal loans66%
$28,425net price / year
53%admission rate
1252average SAT
29%graduate in 6 years
$128,214median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,557median debt
#8 of 1,704 for earnings#1,397 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,563 of 1,738 for graduation rate#269 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $56,378tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $42,675
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $42,675
- Average net price
- $28,425national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$23,819
$30,001–48,000$24,558
$48,001–75,000$26,728
$75,001–110,000$28,085
$110,001+$34,611
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 53%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1252
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 550–680
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 560–700
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 23–31
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college53%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college86%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college29%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college38%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 29%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 2.2%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 30%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $101,350
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $128,214middle 50%: $85,193–$150,970
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,557
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$150,970
Median, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences$128,214
Lower quarter$85,193
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 481
- Part-time
- 1.7%
- Women / men
- 64% / 36%
- Average age at entry
- 20.8
- First-generation students
- 22%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 61%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,066 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $28,471
- Endowment, end of year
- $68,029,602
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White50%
Hispanic6.2%
Black11%
Asian21%
Two or more races5.2%
U.S. nonresident3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Unknown3.1%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions80%
Biological & biomedical sciences12%
Psychology8.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 188526. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q2830804.