Albright College

1621 N. 13th St., Reading, PA 19612-5234 -  View Map

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• The College's rigorous liberal arts curriculum has an interdisciplinary focus. Albright’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Fully half of Albright students have concentrations that combine two or three fields of learning. Half of our students graduate with combined, interdisciplinary or multiple majors. Last year, for example, students created over 200 different combinations of majors.
• Albright College traces its origin to 1856. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Albright was formed through the mergers of three separate Pennsylvania institutions: Union Seminary of New Berlin; Schuylkill Seminary (later called Schuylkill College), Reading; and Albright Collegiate Institute (later called Albright College), Myerstown. The final merger occurred in 1929 when Schuylkill College and Albright College became Albright College at its current location in Reading.
• The College is located on a 118-acre suburban campus in Reading, Pa., a city of 80,000 in a metropolitan area of 250,000. Albright College is one hour from Philadelphia and the Pocono mountain ski resorts, two hours from Baltimore and three hours from New York City and Washington, D.C.
• Albright College is fully accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation. Albright College is also approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126, 717-787-5041.
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In the News:

• Ask Ron: What happened to Reading's Mineral Springs Hotel? (Reading Eagle)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 04:11:27 am
  Q: What happened to Reading's Mineral Springs Hotel? Thanks to Edwin L. Bell, professor emeritus at Albright College, we have a concise history of the Mineral Springs Hotel published in the Historical Review of Berks County in 1995.
• Brush with law ripened Lincoln's rising star (New York Post)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 05:49:18 am
  READING, Pa. -- Shaquille Davis was very much like the other 700 kids at Albright College for last week's Hoop Group's Elite Session 1. He was looking to catch the eye of a few college basketball coaches, gain Division I interest or a scholarship offer. But unlike virtually...
• Yearwood, formerly of St. John's Prep, pops up on college's radar in first AAU season (New York Post)
  posted on July 12, 2011 at 05:18:15 am
  KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Ryan Yearwood stepped onto the court last week at Albright College and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. There, just a few feet away from the Flushing, Queens native, were college coaches of all kinds, representing schools he only dreamed of attending, there to...
• On the money: Xaverian's Bernardi picks up Iowa State offer, four others (New York Post)
  posted on July 12, 2011 at 02:48:06 am
  KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Brian Bernardi’s stock has never been higher. Coming off an impressive week at Hoop Group’s Elite and Team Camps at Albright College, the Xaverian sharpshooter has become a hot commodity. He received his first high-major scholarship offer Monday morning when Iowa State coach Fred...
• Burns notice: Xaverian's pint-sized point guard picks up D-II offers (New York Post)
  posted on July 11, 2011 at 03:48:06 am
  READING, Pa. – More than 1,000 different kids took the court at Albright College this week for Hoop Group’s Elite Camp and Team Camp. The week of showcases during the first 10-day block of the live recruiting period drew coaches nationwide. Several players enjoyed standout weeks that saw their...

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