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Alvernia College

Reading, Pennsylvania
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  • Independent Roman Catholic comprehensive, founded 1958
  • Calendar semesters
  • Degrees certificates, associate, bachelor's, master's, post-master's, and postbachelor's certificates
  • Suburban 85-acre campus with easy access to Philadelphia
  • Endowment $10.2 million
  • Coed, 1,996 undergraduate students, 76% full-time, 69% women, 31% men
  • Moderately difficult entrance level, 76% of applicants were admitted
Costs (2006 - 07)
  • Comprehensive fee: $28,615 includes full-time tuition ($20,220), mandatory fees ($202), and room and board ($8193). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition: $570 per credit. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and course load
  • Room and board: college room only: $4173. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility
  • Payment plan: installment
  • Waivers: senior citizens and employees or children of employees
Financial Aid
  • Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2005,: 1,178 applied for aid, 1,151 were judged to have need, 106 had their need fully met. 620 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $1950)
  • In 2005,: 27 non-need-based awards were made
  • Average percent of need met: 79%
  • Average financial aid package: $12,225
  • Average need-based loan: $5482
  • Average need-based gift aid: $6521
  • Average non-need-based aid: $6500
  • Average indebtedness upon graduation: $6985
Freshmen
  • Admission 922 applied, 699 admitted, 277 enrolled, 2.88 average high school GPA
  • Average high school GPA 2.88
  • Test scores SAT verbal scores over 500 39%, SAT math scores over 500 42%, ACT scores over 18 N/R, SAT verbal scores over 600 6%, SAT math scores over 600 11%, ACT scores over 24 N/R, ACT scores over 30 N/R
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