Colleges in Reading, PA

Universities and 4-year colleges (3)

• Albright CollegePrivate nonprofit · 1,217 undergraduatesCost $44,881 a year · net price $20,596 · completion 51%

  Fields taught: 17, up to master's
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• Alvernia UniversityPrivate nonprofit · 2,152 undergraduatesCost $60,249 a year · net price $27,122 · completion 51%

  Fields taught: 19, up to doctorate

  Doctorates in: Health Professions and Related Programs · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
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• Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksPublic · 1,872 undergraduatesCost $28,258 a year · net price $19,570 · completion 29%

  Fields taught: 18, up to graduate certificate
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Community and 2-year colleges (2)

• Reading Area Community CollegePublic · 3,703 undergraduatesCost $14,892 a year · net price $8,115 · completion 35%

  Fields taught: 18, up to associate
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• Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesPrivate nonprofit · 294 undergraduatesCost $25,756 a year · net price $18,484 · completion 78%

  Fields taught: 1, up to certificate
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Trade and career schools (under 2 years) (2)

• American Barber and Beauty AcademyPrivate for-profit · 104 undergraduatesCost not reported · completion 90%

  Fields taught: 1, up to certificate
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• Empire Beauty School-ReadingPrivate for-profit · 90 undergraduatesCost $23,317 a year · net price $17,767 · completion 77%

  Fields taught: 1, up to certificate
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Which schools

Every school in the College Scorecard file of 15 Oct 2026 that is currently operating and approved for federal student aid (Title IV). Schools that do not take federal aid are not in the file.

College Scorecard

College Scorecard data, Most Recent Institution-Level file (release of 15 Oct 2026)U.S. Department of Education

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21 Oct 2026

Currently operating Title IV schools (CURROPER = 1). Cost = average annual cost of attendance (COSTT4_A, or COSTT4_P for program-year schools), net price = NPT4_PUB / NPT4_PRIV, both 2024-25; completion = C150_4 (four-year schools, fall 2019 cohort) or C150_L4 (fall 2022 cohort), within 150% of normal time.

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Type and control

The federal "level of institution" (4-year, 2-year, less than 2-year) and control (public, private nonprofit, private for-profit) as the school reports them.

Cost a year

Average annual cost of attendance, including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses, for full-time, first-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, 2024-25. Program-year schools (most trade schools) report it per program year.

College Scorecard

College Scorecard data dictionary and cohort mapU.S. Department of Education

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21 Oct 2026

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Net price

That cost minus the average grant and scholarship aid, 2024-25. What a family pays depends on income: every school's own net price calculator gives a personal estimate.

Completion

Share of full-time, first-time students who completed a degree or certificate at the school within 150% of normal time: at four-year schools, students who started in fall 2019 (or the 2019-20 year); at other schools, fall 2022 (or 2022-23). Rounded to a whole percent.

Fields and doctorates

From the awards each school reported to NCES IPEDS for 2023-24 (July 2023 – June 2024, first majors), grouped into CIP 2020 families; the level shown is the highest award made in that family that year. A school that made no award in a field that year is not listed for it.

NCES IPEDS

IPEDS Completions, 2023-24 (complete data file C2024_A)National Center for Education Statistics

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21 Oct 2026

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