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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Albany, NY
Population 550,000
Website https://www.acphs.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 1,950 (1% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 200 (4% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 486
Men / Women 35% / 65%
Athletes 34.7%

Racial/Ethnic

White 46%
Asian 19%
Black 10%
Hispanic 7%
Mixed 6%
International 4%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 41.3% 41.3% 2012 Men: 43.5% 43.5% 2013 Men: 35.8% 35.8% 2014 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2015 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2016 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2017 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2018 Men: 41.9% 41.9% 2019 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2020 Men: 39.3% 39.3% 2021 Men: 33.0% 33.0% 2022 Men: 34.2% 34.2% 2023 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2024 Men: 38.4% 38.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 11.8% 11.8% 2012 Asian: 13.4% 13.4% 2013 Asian: 11.7% 11.7% 2014 Asian: 13.9% 13.9% 2015 Asian: 15.8% 15.8% 2016 Asian: 10.5% 10.5% 2017 Asian: 14.3% 14.3% 2018 Asian: 12.6% 12.6% 2019 Asian: 10.3% 10.3% 2020 Asian: 17.8% 17.8% 2021 Asian: 14.5% 14.5% 2022 Asian: 17.0% 17.0% 2023 Asian: 18.8% 18.8% 2024 Asian: 21.5% 21.5% 2011 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2013 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2014 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2017 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2018 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2019 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2020 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2021 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 Black: 9.1% 9.1% 2024 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2011 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2014 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2015 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2016 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2017 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2018 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2019 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2020 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2021 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2022 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2023 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8% 2024 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2011 White: 80.8% 80.8% 2012 White: 75.0% 75.0% 2013 White: 71.2% 71.2% 2014 White: 71.9% 71.9% 2015 White: 69.5% 69.5% 2016 White: 75.0% 75.0% 2017 White: 69.5% 69.5% 2018 White: 74.1% 74.1% 2019 White: 70.8% 70.8% 2020 White: 65.7% 65.7% 2021 White: 76.3% 76.3% 2022 White: 69.3% 69.3% 2023 White: 54.3% 54.3% 2024 White: 56.5% 56.5% 2011 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2012 International: 5.6% 5.6% 2013 International: 8.3% 8.3% 2014 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2015 International: 8.4% 8.4% 2016 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2017 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2018 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2020 International: 5.2% 5.2% 2021 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2024 International: 4.2% 4.2%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 17.5% 17.5% 2021 Asian: 18.4% 18.4% 2022 Asian: 19.8% 19.8% 2023 Asian: 20.5% 20.5% 2024 Asian: 20.0% 20.0% 2025 Asian: 18.7% 18.7% 2020 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2021 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2022 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2023 Black: 8.5% 8.5% 2024 Black: 9.5% 9.5% 2025 Black: 10.1% 10.1% 2020 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2021 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2022 Hispanic: 9.0% 9.0% 2023 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2024 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2025 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2020 White: 53.7% 53.7% 2021 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2022 White: 49.5% 49.5% 2023 White: 44.1% 44.1% 2024 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2025 White: 46.3% 46.3% 2020 International: 6.0% 6.0% 2021 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2022 International: 4.0% 4.0% 2023 International: 4.6% 4.6% 2024 International: 4.6% 4.6% 2025 International: 4.1% 4.1%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 137 28% / 72% 4% $74,195 80 90%
Biology 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Biomedical Sciences 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $68,233 72 —
Microbiology and Immunology 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $67,313 71 —
Clinical Laboratory Science 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $79,330 85 —
Health Sciences 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Pharmaceutical Sciences 93 — 29% / 71% 5% $75,795 82 90%
Public Health 9 — 22% / 78% 11% $66,333 69 —
Forensic Psychology 10 — 10% / 90% 0% — — —
Psychology 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $44,377
ROI Percentile 80th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 48%
6-Year Graduation Rate 68%
Transfer-Out Rate 30%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 67.7% 67.7% 2012 Graduated: 69.8% 69.8% 2013 Graduated: 72.3% 72.3% 2014 Graduated: 77.4% 77.4% 2015 Graduated: 68.9% 68.9% 2016 Graduated: 71.4% 71.4% 2017 Graduated: 76.2% 76.2% 2018 Graduated: 66.4% 66.4% 2019 Graduated: 70.4% 70.4% 2020 Graduated: 74.6% 74.6% 2021 Graduated: 68.3% 68.3% 2022 Graduated: 61.4% 61.4% 2023 Graduated: 68.8% 68.8% 2024 Graduated: 67.5% 67.5%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 66.7% 66.7% 2012 Men: 72.3% 72.3% 2013 Men: 67.6% 67.6% 2014 Men: 84.5% 84.5% 2015 Men: 70.0% 70.0% 2016 Men: 77.1% 77.1% 2017 Men: 81.6% 81.6% 2018 Men: 60.7% 60.7% 2019 Men: 76.1% 76.1% 2020 Men: 74.7% 74.7% 2021 Men: 65.4% 65.4% 2022 Men: 63.5% 63.5% 2023 Men: 75.7% 75.7% 2024 Men: 65.0% 65.0% 2011 Women: 68.5% 68.5% 2012 Women: 68.1% 68.1% 2013 Women: 75.3% 75.3% 2014 Women: 72.7% 72.7% 2015 Women: 68.0% 68.0% 2016 Women: 67.9% 67.9% 2017 Women: 72.4% 72.4% 2018 Women: 70.7% 70.7% 2019 Women: 67.1% 67.1% 2020 Women: 74.6% 74.6% 2021 Women: 70.5% 70.5% 2022 Women: 60.0% 60.0% 2023 Women: 64.7% 64.7% 2024 Women: 69.4% 69.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 55.6% 55.6% 2012 Asian: 74.2% 74.2% 2013 Asian: 71.0% 71.0% 2014 Asian: 82.5% 82.5% 2015 Asian: 73.3% 73.3% 2016 Asian: 69.6% 69.6% 2017 Asian: 70.0% 70.0% 2018 Asian: 74.2% 74.2% 2019 Asian: 60.0% 60.0% 2020 Asian: 81.6% 81.6% 2021 Asian: 70.4% 70.4% 2022 Asian: 53.8% 53.8% 2023 Asian: 68.6% 68.6% 2024 Asian: 58.5% 58.5% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Hispanic: 80.0% 80.0% 2014 Hispanic: 83.3% 83.3% 2015 Hispanic: 60.0% 60.0% 2016 Hispanic: 72.7% 72.7% 2017 Hispanic: 80.0% 80.0% 2018 Hispanic: 62.5% 62.5% 2019 Hispanic: 66.7% 66.7% 2020 Hispanic: 75.0% 75.0% 2021 Hispanic: 66.7% 66.7% 2022 Hispanic: 71.4% 71.4% 2023 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2024 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2011 White: 70.3% 70.3% 2012 White: 70.1% 70.1% 2013 White: 73.4% 73.4% 2014 White: 75.4% 75.4% 2015 White: 66.7% 66.7% 2016 White: 69.7% 69.7% 2017 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2018 White: 67.8% 67.8% 2019 White: 71.5% 71.5% 2020 White: 77.1% 77.1% 2021 White: 68.3% 68.3% 2022 White: 65.1% 65.1% 2023 White: 74.3% 74.3% 2024 White: 76.9% 76.9% 2011 International: 77.8% 77.8% 2012 International: 76.9% 76.9% 2013 International: 72.7% 72.7% 2014 International: 81.8% 81.8% 2015 International: 81.2% 81.2% 2016 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 83.3% 83.3% 2020 International: 63.6% 63.6% 2021 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 International: 66.7% 66.7% 2023 International: 85.7% 85.7% 2024 International: 62.5% 62.5%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 79.6% 109 28% / 72% 6% $75,164 81 90%
Life & Natural Sciences 12.4% 17 35% / 65% 0% $67,716 71 —
Humanities & Social Sciences 8.0% 11 18% / 82% 0% — — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $0.9M #338 56% $0.2M — — — —
Health Sciences $0.1M #373 73% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0 #540 — $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0 #623 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.0M #559 57% $0.2M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 60%
Yield (Unbound) 7%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 60% 60% 60%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 64.1% 64.1% 2012 Acceptance: 66.7% 66.7% 2013 Acceptance: 63.4% 63.4% 2014 Acceptance: 67.4% 67.4% 2015 Acceptance: 65.9% 65.9% 2016 Acceptance: 69.2% 69.2% 2017 Acceptance: 78.6% 78.6% 2018 Acceptance: 71.9% 71.9% 2019 Acceptance: 71.1% 71.1% 2020 Acceptance: 75.2% 75.2% 2021 Acceptance: 71.8% 71.8% 2022 Acceptance: 66.3% 66.3% 2023 Acceptance: 59.1% 59.1% 2024 Acceptance: 52.7% 52.7% 2011 Yield: 23.1% 23.1% 2012 Yield: 24.7% 24.7% 2013 Yield: 24.2% 24.2% 2014 Yield: 20.0% 20.0% 2015 Yield: 20.1% 20.1% 2016 Yield: 17.4% 17.4% 2017 Yield: 17.3% 17.3% 2018 Yield: 13.4% 13.4% 2019 Yield: 11.7% 11.7% 2020 Yield: 9.2% 9.2% 2021 Yield: 9.0% 9.0% 2022 Yield: 8.2% 8.2% 2023 Yield: 9.9% 9.9% 2024 Yield: 6.6% 6.6%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,437 1,437 2012 Applicants: 1,507 1,507 2013 Applicants: 1,601 1,601 2014 Applicants: 1,583 1,583 2015 Applicants: 1,421 1,421 2016 Applicants: 1,278 1,278 2017 Applicants: 1,366 1,366 2018 Applicants: 1,985 1,985 2019 Applicants: 2,216 2,216 2020 Applicants: 1,693 1,693 2021 Applicants: 1,771 1,771 2022 Applicants: 2,041 2,041 2023 Applicants: 2,292 2,292 2024 Applicants: 2,826 2,826 2011 Admitted: 921 921 2012 Admitted: 1,005 1,005 2013 Admitted: 1,015 1,015 2014 Admitted: 1,067 1,067 2015 Admitted: 936 936 2016 Admitted: 884 884 2017 Admitted: 1,073 1,073 2018 Admitted: 1,427 1,427 2019 Admitted: 1,575 1,575 2020 Admitted: 1,273 1,273 2021 Admitted: 1,272 1,272 2022 Admitted: 1,353 1,353 2023 Admitted: 1,354 1,354 2024 Admitted: 1,489 1,489 2011 Enrolled: 213 213 2012 Enrolled: 248 248 2013 Enrolled: 246 246 2014 Enrolled: 213 213 2015 Enrolled: 188 188 2016 Enrolled: 154 154 2017 Enrolled: 186 186 2018 Enrolled: 191 191 2019 Enrolled: 185 185 2020 Enrolled: 117 117 2021 Enrolled: 115 115 2022 Enrolled: 111 111 2023 Enrolled: 134 134 2024 Enrolled: 99 99

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 41%
SAT Range 1110 – 1380
SAT Math Range 560 – 700
SAT RW Range 550 – 680

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 1090 1090 2012 25th: 1090 1090 2013 25th: 1110 1110 2014 25th: 1070 1070 2015 25th: 1070 1070 2016 25th: 1040 1040 2017 25th: 1110 1110 2018 25th: 1130 1130 2019 25th: 1150 1150 2020 25th: 1130 1130 2021 25th: 1170 1170 2022 25th: 1220 1220 2023 25th: 1120 1120 2024 25th: 1110 1110 2011 75th: 1270 1270 2012 75th: 1270 1270 2013 75th: 1270 1270 2014 75th: 1260 1260 2015 75th: 1270 1270 2016 75th: 1240 1240 2017 75th: 1270 1270 2018 75th: 1310 1310 2019 75th: 1330 1330 2020 75th: 1300 1300 2021 75th: 1390 1390 2022 75th: 1470 1470 2023 75th: 1380 1380 2024 75th: 1380 1380

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 560 560 2012 25th: 560 560 2013 25th: 580 580 2014 25th: 570 570 2015 25th: 560 560 2016 25th: 540 540 2017 25th: 560 560 2018 25th: 580 580 2019 25th: 580 580 2020 25th: 580 580 2021 25th: 580 580 2022 25th: 620 620 2023 25th: 560 560 2024 25th: 560 560 2011 75th: 650 650 2012 75th: 650 650 2013 75th: 650 650 2014 75th: 650 650 2015 75th: 650 650 2016 75th: 640 640 2017 75th: 640 640 2018 75th: 670 670 2019 75th: 690 690 2020 75th: 660 660 2021 75th: 700 700 2022 75th: 760 760 2023 75th: 700 700 2024 75th: 700 700

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 530 530 2012 25th: 530 530 2013 25th: 530 530 2014 25th: 500 500 2015 25th: 510 510 2016 25th: 500 500 2017 25th: 550 550 2018 25th: 550 550 2019 25th: 570 570 2020 25th: 550 550 2021 25th: 590 590 2022 25th: 600 600 2023 25th: 560 560 2024 25th: 550 550 2011 75th: 620 620 2012 75th: 620 620 2013 75th: 620 620 2014 75th: 610 610 2015 75th: 620 620 2016 75th: 600 600 2017 75th: 630 630 2018 75th: 640 640 2019 75th: 640 640 2020 75th: 640 640 2021 75th: 690 690 2022 75th: 710 710 2023 75th: 680 680 2024 75th: 680 680

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 40.0% 40.0% 2022 Submitted: 35.0% 35.0% 2023 Submitted: 54.0% 54.0% 2024 Submitted: 41.0% 41.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.