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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Location Reading, PA
Population 500,000
Website https://www.alvernia.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,293 (15%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (28%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,865
Men / Women 38% / 62%
From State 71%
From Region 26%
Athletes 35.1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 60%
Hispanic 17%
Black 10%
Mixed 4%
International 4%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2012 Men: 34.2% 34.2% 2013 Men: 28.5% 28.5% 2014 Men: 27.9% 27.9% 2015 Men: 32.9% 32.9% 2016 Men: 33.0% 33.0% 2017 Men: 36.9% 36.9% 2018 Men: 44.1% 44.1% 2019 Men: 45.1% 45.1% 2020 Men: 40.4% 40.4% 2021 Men: 44.4% 44.4% 2022 Men: 45.1% 45.1% 2023 Men: 49.3% 49.3% 2024 Men: 43.9% 43.9%

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: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2013 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2014 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2016 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2019 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2020 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2024 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 Black: 7.3% 7.3% 2012 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2013 Black: 5.6% 5.6% 2014 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2015 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2016 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2017 Black: 6.9% 6.9% 2018 Black: 8.5% 8.5% 2019 Black: 7.2% 7.2% 2020 Black: 10.4% 10.4% 2021 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2022 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2023 Black: 11.9% 11.9% 2024 Black: 17.5% 17.5% 2011 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2012 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2013 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2015 Hispanic: 6.1% 6.1% 2016 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2017 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2018 Hispanic: 8.8% 8.8% 2019 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2020 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2021 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2022 Hispanic: 8.7% 8.7% 2023 Hispanic: 8.4% 8.4% 2024 Hispanic: 13.6% 13.6% 2011 White: 81.3% 81.3% 2012 White: 79.0% 79.0% 2013 White: 88.7% 88.7% 2014 White: 85.9% 85.9% 2015 White: 80.5% 80.5% 2016 White: 83.0% 83.0% 2017 White: 84.3% 84.3% 2018 White: 77.9% 77.9% 2019 White: 80.2% 80.2% 2020 White: 76.1% 76.1% 2021 White: 79.1% 79.1% 2022 White: 80.6% 80.6% 2023 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2024 White: 62.7% 62.7% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.9% 0.9%

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% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2025 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Black: 10.4% 10.4% 2021 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2022 Black: 9.5% 9.5% 2023 Black: 9.0% 9.0% 2024 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2025 Black: 9.8% 9.8% 2020 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2021 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2022 Hispanic: 12.7% 12.7% 2023 Hispanic: 13.2% 13.2% 2024 Hispanic: 15.7% 15.7% 2025 Hispanic: 16.5% 16.5% 2020 White: 68.9% 68.9% 2021 White: 65.7% 65.7% 2022 White: 63.8% 63.8% 2023 White: 63.7% 63.7% 2024 White: 60.9% 60.9% 2025 White: 60.2% 60.2% 2020 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2022 International: 5.7% 5.7% 2023 International: 5.2% 5.2% 2024 International: 5.0% 5.0% 2025 International: 4.0% 4.0%

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
Alvernia University 327 39% / 61% 4% $63,833 57 97%
Electrical Engineering 4 — 75% / 25% 0% — — —
Mechanical Engineering 8 — 88% / 12% 0% — — —
Computer Science 10 — 100% / 0% 0% $82,687 85 —
Chemistry 4 — 75% / 25% 25% $67,751 66 —
Mathematics 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $61,921 53 —
Biochemistry 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $66,632 64 —
Biological and Physical Sciences — — — — $62,432 54 —
Biology 17 — 29% / 71% 0% $61,914 53 —
Biomedical Sciences — — — — $67,024 64 —
Environmental Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Health Sciences 40 +2 32% / 68% 0% $51,343 22 95%
Health Sciences (Allied) 29 — 14% / 86% 0% $64,479 59 —
Nursing 48 — 27% / 73% 17% $90,527 91 99%
Accounting 10 +3 70% / 30% 10% $66,246 63 100%
Business Management and Administration 20 +2 55% / 45% 5% $71,069 72 93%
Business and Managerial Economics 2 +4 0% / 100% 0% $69,478 69 —
Finance 12 +2 83% / 17% 0% $72,517 74 —
Health Services Administration 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $63,120 56 —
Human Resources Management 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $65,828 62 —
Marketing 10 — 70% / 30% 10% $65,684 62 100%
Sports Management 7 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,405 40 100%
Addiction Counseling 12 +1 0% / 100% 0% $47,106 13 96%
Communication 12 +1 67% / 33% 0% $47,769 14 100%
Digital Communication 4 +1 0% / 100% 0% $48,538 15 —
English 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $45,881 11 —
History — +1 — — $52,442 25 —
Philosophy — — — — $48,050 14 —
Political Science 2 +3 50% / 50% 0% $58,017 41 —
Psychology 15 — 20% / 80% 7% $47,838 14 100%
Social Work 14 — 7% / 93% 0% $49,813 18 90%
Early Childhood Education 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,467 12 100%
Early Childhood Special Education — — — — $46,495 12 —
General Education — — — — $50,730 20 —
Special Education 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $46,495 12 95%
Theater 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $36,361 3 —
Criminal Justice 13 — 62% / 38% 0% $57,719 41 96%
Forensic Science and Technology 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $57,628 40 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $48,071
ROI Percentile 57th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 72%
4-Year Graduation Rate 39%
6-Year Graduation Rate 56%
Transfer-Out Rate 32%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 52.7% 52.7% 2012 Graduated: 50.7% 50.7% 2013 Graduated: 51.3% 51.3% 2014 Graduated: 53.3% 53.3% 2015 Graduated: 51.2% 51.2% 2016 Graduated: 52.6% 52.6% 2017 Graduated: 59.8% 59.8% 2018 Graduated: 57.2% 57.2% 2019 Graduated: 62.7% 62.7% 2020 Graduated: 61.2% 61.2% 2021 Graduated: 65.3% 65.3% 2022 Graduated: 63.2% 63.2% 2023 Graduated: 58.5% 58.5% 2024 Graduated: 55.5% 55.5%

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% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 42.5% 42.5% 2012 Men: 49.1% 49.1% 2013 Men: 49.6% 49.6% 2014 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2015 Men: 47.1% 47.1% 2016 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2017 Men: 55.0% 55.0% 2018 Men: 54.6% 54.6% 2019 Men: 53.2% 53.2% 2020 Men: 54.8% 54.8% 2021 Men: 54.5% 54.5% 2022 Men: 54.4% 54.4% 2023 Men: 47.4% 47.4% 2024 Men: 40.6% 40.6% 2011 Women: 60.4% 60.4% 2012 Women: 51.6% 51.6% 2013 Women: 52.7% 52.7% 2014 Women: 59.7% 59.7% 2015 Women: 54.3% 54.3% 2016 Women: 56.7% 56.7% 2017 Women: 62.7% 62.7% 2018 Women: 58.5% 58.5% 2019 Women: 66.5% 66.5% 2020 Women: 63.6% 63.6% 2021 Women: 70.6% 70.6% 2022 Women: 67.5% 67.5% 2023 Women: 65.0% 65.0% 2024 Women: 67.4% 67.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 21.1% 21.1% 2012 Black: 30.4% 30.4% 2013 Black: 23.5% 23.5% 2014 Black: 16.7% 16.7% 2015 Black: 13.6% 13.6% 2016 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2017 Black: 30.8% 30.8% 2018 Black: 25.7% 25.7% 2019 Black: 25.0% 25.0% 2020 Black: 35.9% 35.9% 2021 Black: 28.6% 28.6% 2022 Black: 35.7% 35.7% 2023 Black: 20.5% 20.5% 2024 Black: 28.9% 28.9% 2011 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2012 Hispanic: 41.4% 41.4% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2015 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2016 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2017 Hispanic: 45.5% 45.5% 2018 Hispanic: 47.2% 47.2% 2019 Hispanic: 60.9% 60.9% 2020 Hispanic: 59.0% 59.0% 2021 Hispanic: 48.1% 48.1% 2022 Hispanic: 46.7% 46.7% 2023 Hispanic: 54.8% 54.8% 2024 Hispanic: 42.4% 42.4% 2011 White: 57.7% 57.7% 2012 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2013 White: 54.1% 54.1% 2014 White: 55.0% 55.0% 2015 White: 53.8% 53.8% 2016 White: 56.2% 56.2% 2017 White: 63.7% 63.7% 2018 White: 63.1% 63.1% 2019 White: 68.3% 68.3% 2020 White: 65.7% 65.7% 2021 White: 70.0% 70.0% 2022 White: 68.3% 68.3% 2023 White: 65.9% 65.9% 2024 White: 66.5% 66.5%

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 35.8% 117 26% / 74% 7% $70,674 71 97%
Business & Economics 21.4% 70 63% / 37% 4% $67,502 65 97%
Humanities & Social Sciences 18.7% 61 23% / 77% 2% $48,449 15 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.0% 23 26% / 74% 0% $63,145 56 —
Professional 5.2% 17 53% / 47% 0% $57,698 41 96%
Engineering 3.7% 12 83% / 17% 0% — — —
Computer Science 3.1% 10 100% / 0% 0% $82,687 85 —
Education 3.1% 10 10% / 90% 0% $46,484 12 97%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.5% 5 80% / 20% 20% $66,585 64 —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.3% 1 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Arts 0.3% 1 0% / 100% 0% $36,361 3 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Business & Economics — — — — 6 #168 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 6 #513 — —

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 58%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 58% 58% 58%

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: 75.2% 75.2% 2012 Acceptance: 80.5% 80.5% 2013 Acceptance: 77.6% 77.6% 2014 Acceptance: 74.8% 74.8% 2015 Acceptance: 74.3% 74.3% 2016 Acceptance: 74.5% 74.5% 2017 Acceptance: 70.8% 70.8% 2018 Acceptance: 68.4% 68.4% 2019 Acceptance: 64.2% 64.2% 2020 Acceptance: 70.0% 70.0% 2021 Acceptance: 57.8% 57.8% 2022 Acceptance: 59.0% 59.0% 2023 Acceptance: 62.3% 62.3% 2024 Acceptance: 58.1% 58.1% 2011 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2012 Yield: 27.5% 27.5% 2013 Yield: 28.0% 28.0% 2014 Yield: 28.8% 28.8% 2015 Yield: 32.3% 32.3% 2016 Yield: 25.9% 25.9% 2017 Yield: 24.0% 24.0% 2018 Yield: 24.2% 24.2% 2019 Yield: 16.5% 16.5% 2020 Yield: 17.8% 17.8% 2021 Yield: 13.0% 13.0% 2022 Yield: 14.8% 14.8% 2023 Yield: 12.1% 12.1% 2024 Yield: 13.3% 13.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,814 1,814 2012 Applicants: 1,864 1,864 2013 Applicants: 1,792 1,792 2014 Applicants: 1,745 1,745 2015 Applicants: 1,670 1,670 2016 Applicants: 1,788 1,788 2017 Applicants: 2,179 2,179 2018 Applicants: 2,628 2,628 2019 Applicants: 3,767 3,767 2020 Applicants: 3,683 3,683 2021 Applicants: 5,371 5,371 2022 Applicants: 5,703 5,703 2023 Applicants: 5,491 5,491 2024 Applicants: 5,715 5,715 2011 Admitted: 1,364 1,364 2012 Admitted: 1,500 1,500 2013 Admitted: 1,391 1,391 2014 Admitted: 1,305 1,305 2015 Admitted: 1,240 1,240 2016 Admitted: 1,332 1,332 2017 Admitted: 1,543 1,543 2018 Admitted: 1,797 1,797 2019 Admitted: 2,419 2,419 2020 Admitted: 2,579 2,579 2021 Admitted: 3,103 3,103 2022 Admitted: 3,365 3,365 2023 Admitted: 3,422 3,422 2024 Admitted: 3,318 3,318 2011 Enrolled: 376 376 2012 Enrolled: 412 412 2013 Enrolled: 389 389 2014 Enrolled: 376 376 2015 Enrolled: 401 401 2016 Enrolled: 345 345 2017 Enrolled: 371 371 2018 Enrolled: 435 435 2019 Enrolled: 399 399 2020 Enrolled: 460 460 2021 Enrolled: 403 403 2022 Enrolled: 497 497 2023 Enrolled: 414 414 2024 Enrolled: 442 442

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

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: 875 875 2012 25th: 850 850 2013 25th: 890 890 2014 25th: 870 870 2015 25th: 900 900 2016 25th: 880 880 2017 25th: 950 950 2018 25th: 950 950 2019 25th: 943 943 2022 25th: 996 996 2023 25th: 1066 1066 2024 25th: 1093 1093 2011 75th: 1080 1080 2012 75th: 1060 1060 2013 75th: 1070 1070 2014 75th: 1070 1070 2015 75th: 1090 1090 2016 75th: 1090 1090 2017 75th: 1148 1148 2018 75th: 1130 1130 2019 75th: 1130 1130 2022 75th: 1170 1170 2023 75th: 1253 1253 2024 75th: 1286 1286

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: 440 440 2012 25th: 430 430 2013 25th: 450 450 2014 25th: 440 440 2015 25th: 450 450 2016 25th: 440 440 2017 25th: 470 470 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 463 463 2022 25th: 483 483 2023 25th: 538 538 2024 25th: 523 523 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 540 540 2013 75th: 540 540 2014 75th: 550 550 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 550 550 2017 75th: 570 570 2018 75th: 560 560 2019 75th: 560 560 2022 75th: 590 590 2023 75th: 633 633 2024 75th: 628 628

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: 435 435 2012 25th: 420 420 2013 25th: 440 440 2014 25th: 430 430 2015 25th: 450 450 2016 25th: 440 440 2017 25th: 480 480 2018 25th: 480 480 2019 25th: 480 480 2022 25th: 513 513 2023 25th: 528 528 2024 25th: 570 570 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 520 520 2013 75th: 530 530 2014 75th: 520 520 2015 75th: 540 540 2016 75th: 540 540 2017 75th: 578 578 2018 75th: 570 570 2019 75th: 570 570 2022 75th: 580 580 2023 75th: 620 620 2024 75th: 658 658

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% 2022 Submitted: 8.0% 8.0% 2023 Submitted: 8.0% 8.0% 2024 Submitted: 6.0% 6.0%

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.