College · Private nonprofit · Albany, NY · City
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albany, NY
Admit rate53%
6-yr median pay$113k
Net price / yr$30k
Undergrad size481
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $30k/yr for a shot at a $113k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 53% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1252 · ACT 30.
If you get in
481 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $55k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $30k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$220k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$120k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$100k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $41.5k
- Room & board
- $12.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants29%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans83%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr68%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$113k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$131k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out30%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 481
- Location
- Albany, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White50%
- Asian21%
- Black11%
- Hispanic6%
- Two or more races5%
- International4%
- Unknown3%
First-gen students22%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$79k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.