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Alvernia University

Reading, PA

Overview

  • Type
    4-year • Private
  • Campus Life
    Small • Suburban
  • Average Per Year After Aid
    $27K
  • SAT Range
    1088–1243
  • Graduation Rate
    63%

Alvernia University is a small, 4-year, private university. This coed college is located in a city in a suburban setting and is primarily a residential campus. It offers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. This college has an acceptance rate of 62% and a graduation rate of 63%.

From the Institution

Alvernia is a private liberal arts university guided by Franciscan values that serves a diverse student body of about 2,500 students from 31 states and 19 countries. Alvernia empowers students to discover their passion for life while providing the education to turn what they love into lifetimes of career success and personal fulfillment. Alvernia offers more than 50 in-demand undergraduate majors and minors including engineering, business, communication, criminal justice, social work, psychology and a comprehensive health sciences program that includes nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, athletic training, a physician assistant program, as well as tracks for pre-med, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy and pre-optometry studies. Alvernia offers students a unique blend of a rigorous liberal arts core for development of the mind, strong technical training in high-demand majors, experiential learning through study abroad and internship experiences, and community engagement through our service model. The university refers to this as the Alvernia Advantage, and believes it transforms students into ethical leaders with moral courage. Students benefit from faculty who are accomplished scholars and supportive mentors and enjoy the personal attention afforded by small class sizes and real-world application of their studies via an extensive network of field experiences, internships, and service projects. Alvernia's most recent initiative extends its main campus to the City of Reading, with a dynamic metropolitan complex in the heart of Reading CollegeTowne. The new complex houses the university's expanded business and communication programs, new industrial, electrical and mechanical engineering programs, a trading floor, state of the art studio, esports suite and modern student residences. It's also home to Alvernia's Opake Institute's business incubator, which provides opportunities for students to work with businesses and entrepreneurs in the community. Alvernia's student athletes enjoy the competition of over 20 NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports, with the most recent additions of Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Wrestling. Esports, along with more than 55 student groups and clubs. Alvernia University ranks in the top 100 among best regional universities in the North by U.S. News & World Report and is recognized as a College of Distinction for its commitment to engaged, experiential education.

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College Board Code
2431
Application Types Accepted
  • Common Application
  • Online through college's own website
Religious Affiliation
Roman Catholic Church
Fee Waiver Info
Available to all qualified students. Visit the college website for details.

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