Albright College Overview

Albright College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Reading, Pennsylvania. Reading is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Albright College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Albright since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Albright.
• During a recent academic cycle, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Albright bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $58,700 a year. That's about 44% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Albright to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Albright College?

Contact details for Albright are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1621 N. 13Th St., Reading, PA 19612-5234
Phone:	610-921-2381
Website:	www.albright.edu

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How Do I Get Into Albright?

You can apply to Albright online at: www.albright.edu/admission-aid/apply-now/

Admission Requirements for Albright

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Albright?

The acceptance rate at Albright College is 85%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Can I Afford Albright College?

The overall average net price of Albright is $12,691. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Albright, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $6,795 a year. That adds up to $27,180 over four years for those students.

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Albright College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,539 undergraduate students at Albright, with 1,466 being full-time and 73 being part-time.

There are also 45 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,466 full-time undergraduates at Albright, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Albright College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	35
Black or African American	387
Hispanic or Latino	251
White	691
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	89

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Albright College. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at Albright. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Hong Kong.

Albright College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	47	0	47
General Psychology	24	0	24
Design & Applied Arts	22	0	22
Sociology	18	0	18
Accounting	16	0	16
Political Science & Government	16	0	16
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	14	0	14
General Biology	13	0	13
General Education	0	11	11
Natural Resources Conservation	11	0	11
Computer Information Systems	9	0	9
General English Literature	9	0	9
Child Development & Psychology	9	0	9
Music	9	0	9
Fine & Studio Arts	8	0	8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	6	0	6
Human Development & Family Studies	6	0	6
History	6	0	6
Criminology	6	0	6
Drama & Theater Arts	6	0	6
General Business/Commerce	5	0	5
Communication & Media Studies	5	0	5
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	5	5
Romance Languages	5	0	5
Special Education	0	4	4
Arts & Media Management	4	0	4
Information Science	3	0	3
Chemistry	3	0	3
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	2	0	2
Public Health	2	0	2
Public Policy	2	0	2
General Visual & Performing Arts	2	0	2
Area Studies	1	0	1
Mathematics	1	0	1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	1	0	1
Philosophy	1	0	1
Physics	1	0	1
Marketing	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0
Urban Studies	0	0	0
TOTAL	293	20	313

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Gcarbone2014 under License

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