- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Albright College


Reading, PACity: smallZIP 19604Founded 1856
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1856
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.albright.edu/home
PennsylvaniaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Albright College
Albright College is a private nonprofit college in Reading, Pennsylvania, with 1,217 undergraduates. It admits 76% of applicants, graduates 52% within six years and costs $20,596 a year after aid.
52%graduate
Admission rate76%
Retention62%
4-year graduation42%
Pell Grant share53%
Federal loans71%
$20,596net price / year
76%admission rate
—average SAT
52%graduate in 6 years
$63,312median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#635 of 1,704 for earnings#910 of 1,739 for lowest net price#987 of 1,738 for graduation rate#743 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
- $44,881tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $31,025
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $31,025
- Average net price
- $20,596national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,437
$30,001–48,000$16,944
$48,001–75,000$17,423
$75,001–110,000$20,260
$110,001+$27,313
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 76%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college76%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college62%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college52%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college53%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 52%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 42%
- First-year retention
- 62%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 49%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,039
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $63,312middle 50%: $45,776–$89,239
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$89,239
Median, Albright College$63,312
Lower quarter$45,776
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
- 1,217
- Part-time
- 5.5%
- Women / men
- 53% / 47%
- Average age at entry
- 22.1
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 53%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 66%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,685 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,903
- Endowment, end of year
- $53,032,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White44%
Hispanic22%
Black21%
Asian2.3%
Two or more races7.6%
U.S. nonresident2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown0.7%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management29%
Visual & performing arts18%
Psychology13%
Social sciences11%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies7.0%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.1%
Communication & journalism4.2%
Computer & information sciences3.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 210571. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4564494.