College · Private nonprofit · Reading, PA · City
Albright College
Reading, PA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate76%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size1,217
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 76% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,217 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 $44k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$175k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$80k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$95k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $29.1k
- Room & board
- $14.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans74%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr51%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$59k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
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
- 1,217
- Location
- Reading, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White44%
- Hispanic22%
- Black21%
- Two or more races8%
- Asian2%
- International2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time6%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$48k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 45
What you can study.