Alvernia University Business Programs

Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, Alvernia University is a private not-for-profit institution. Reading is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Alvernia University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Alvernia.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#100	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Alvernia has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#40	Highest Paid Finance & Financial Management Graduates	College Factual
#40	Highest Paid Finance Graduates	College Factual
#43	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration & Management Graduates	College Factual
#65	Highest Paid General Business Administration and Management Graduates	College Factual
#74	Highest Paid Marketing Graduates	College Factual
#104	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Business, Management & Marketing Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Alvernia University?

Contact details for Alvernia are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	400 Saint Bernardine St, Reading, PA 19607-1799
Phone:	610-796-8200
Website:	www.alvernia.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AlverniaUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/AlverniaUniv

How Do I Get Into Alvernia?

You can apply to Alvernia online at: https://admissions.alvernia.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Alvernia

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Alvernia?

Alvernia has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Can I Afford Alvernia University?

The overall average net price of Alvernia is $41,078. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Alvernia, approximately 97% of students took out student loans averaging $9,695 a year. That adds up to $38,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Alvernia is 5.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Alvernia University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,045 undergraduate students at Alvernia, with 1,655 being full-time and 390 being part-time.

There are also 515 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,655 full-time undergraduates at Alvernia, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Alvernia University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	28
Black or African American	173
Hispanic or Latino	216
White	1,084
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	110

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Alvernia University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at Alvernia. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Turkey, Vietnam, and Dominican Republic.

Online Learning at Alvernia University

In 2019-2020, 891 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Alvernia has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 16th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Alvernia

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Alvernia University was $38,030 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Alvernia is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#40	#40

Online Growth Rankings of Alvernia

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Alvernia University was 8.9%. This is the #1,267 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Alvernia regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Alvernia ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Alvernia.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#57

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Alvernia University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	46	0	46
General Business Administration and Management	0	28	0	0	28
Accounting	0	21	0	0	21
Finance	0	16	0	0	16
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	10	0	0	10
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	9	0	0	9
Organizational Leadership	0	0	5	0	5
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	0	2	2
General Business/Commerce	1	0	0	0	1
Business Economics	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	84	51	2	138

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By AU540Up under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.