Albright College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Albright College, established in 1856, is located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Albright Collegiate Institute, which was founded in 1895, became Albright College in 1898. Union Seminary, which was founded in 1856, was rechartered as Central Pennsylvania College in 1887. These two institutions merged in 1902. Schuylkill Seminary, which later became Schuylkill College in 1923, amalgamated with Albright College in 1929, to form the present college. The main campus is situated on over 118-acres. The college offers educational programs including biochemistry, Latin American studies, environmental science, psychobiology, and information systems.

The College is affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Eastern College Athletic Conference and MAC. The teams participate in field hockey, soccer, basketball, cross country, swimming, tennis, softball, and volleyball. The students are active in the Resident Students’ Association, the Albright Anime Society, the Caribbean Culture Club, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in art studies, therapy and counseling, computer science and engineering, and business and management.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,305 in 2009-2010 (2,231 full-time equivalent).

About 42% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 58% of the class.

Undergrads are 96% of enrolled students and graduate students are 4%.

Students under 25 years old represent 72% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Albright provides on-campus housing for 1,186 of its 2,231 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Middle Atlantic States Athletic Corporation), basketball (Commonwealth Conference), baseball (Commonwealth Conference), and track (Commonwealth Conference).

Graduate School Focus

Albright offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (31 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (144 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (18 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies
• Forestry

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (0 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (12 awarded)

• Fashion/Apparel Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (29 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

LIBERAL ARTS (88 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Latin American Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (7 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (26 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (34 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Optics/Optical Sciences
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (13 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (75 awarded)

• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Psychology