Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 550,000

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 164 (34.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

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

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 137 28% 45% 19% 4% 12% 4% $87,168 84 -0.42 87 100%
Biology 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,930 82 +0.75 73 — — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 7 — 29% 43% 0% 0% 29% 0% $75,245 75 +0.51 76 — — — — —
Microbiology and Immunology 9 — 44% 11% 44% 0% 33% 0% $72,013 61 +0.23 71 — — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 5 — 20% 40% 0% 40% 20% 0% $90,689 87 +1.16 89 — — — — —
Health Sciences 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $80,952 89 +0.86 82 — — — — —
Pharmaceutical Sciences 93 — 29% 51% 23% 3% 6% 5% $95,402 33 -0.75 92 100% — — — —
Public Health 9 — 22% 33% 11% 0% 33% 11% $72,505 78 +0.68 72 — — — — —
Forensic Psychology 10 — 10% 30% 0% 10% 10% 0% $50,377 24 -0.71 20 — — — — —
Psychology 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $50,325 24 -0.72 20 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $44,377
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

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

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 White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 79.6% 109 28% 50% 20% 5% 9% 6% $93,030 90 -0.51 91 100% —
Life & Natural Sciences 12.4% 17 35% 29% 24% 0% 29% 0% $73,398 80 +0.38 73 — —
Social Sciences 8.0% 11 18% 27% 0% 9% 18% 0% $50,372 11 -0.71 20 — —

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 #622 — $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.

Sports

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 26 $19K $19K $0
Soccer 24 $33K $33K $0
Volleyball 16 $7K $7K $0
Basketball 13 $47K $47K $0
Cross Country 8 $7K $7K $0
Total 87 $115K $115K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 26 $19K $19K $0
Soccer 18 $29K $29K $0
Basketball 13 $34K $34K $0
Volleyball 13 $25K $25K $0
Cross Country 7 $7K $7K $0
Total 77 $116K $116K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 52 $39K $39K $0
Soccer 42 $63K $63K $0
Volleyball 29 $33K $33K $0
Basketball 26 $81K $81K $0
Cross Country 15 $14K $14K $0
Total 164 $469K $469K $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

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

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 53% 53% 53%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

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