ALVERNIA COLLEGE K-21

400 Saint Bernardine St.
Reading, PA 19607-1799
Tel: (610)796-8200
Admissions: (610)796-3005
Fax: (610)796-8336
Web Site: http://www.alvernia.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1958. Setting: 85-acre suburban campus with easy access to Philadelphia. Endowment: $10.2 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $3680 per student. Total enrollment: 2,380. Faculty: 133 (65 full-time, 68 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 692 applied, 80% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 28% from top quarter, 51% from top half. Full-time: 1,384 students, 65% women, 35% men. Part-time: 464 students, 71% women, 29% men. Students come from 13 states and territories, 4 other countries, 8% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 10% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 40% 25 or older, 26% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 79% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences; protective services/public administration; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT. Required for some: 2 recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $25,005 includes full-time tuition ($17,500), mandatory fees ($175), and college room and board ($7330). College room only: $3690. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and reciprocity agreements. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $515 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to class time and course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 32 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Ice Hockey Club, Science Association, Sigma Tau Delta, Criminal Justice Association. Major annual events: Christmas on Campus, Club Fair, Spring Fling. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 500 college housing spaces available; 493 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Franco Library with 89,399 books, 1,036 microform titles, 378 serials, 7,766 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $647,039. 60 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Alvernia College is located in a tree-lined neighborhood three miles south of the city of Reading. The 85-acre campus adjoins Angelica Lake. Public transportation provides service to within walking distance of the campus. Alvernia is noted for its accessibility to metropolitan and historical areas of interest. Near enough to New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore to share their cultural and educational opportunities, the college is only a short distance from the Amish country in nearby Lancaster and York counties.