Reading Area Community College Business Programs

Reading Area Community College is a public institution situated in Reading, Pennsylvania. Reading is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Reading Area Community College?

Contact details for RACC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	10 S Second St, Reading, PA 19603
Phone:	610-372-4721
Website:	www.racc.edu

How Do I Get Into RACC?

You can apply to RACC online at: https://www.racc.edu/admissions/degree-seeking

Since Reading Area Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Reading Area Community College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At RACC, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,261 a year. That adds up to $21,044 over four years for those students.

Reading Area Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,737 undergraduate students at RACC, with 895 being full-time and 3,842 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 895 full-time undergraduates at RACC, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Reading Area Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	22
Black or African American	73
Hispanic or Latino	363
White	401
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

Over 8 countries are represented at RACC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Spain, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Reading Area Community College

In 2022-2023, 2,278 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 46th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of RACC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Accounting	62%
General Business Administration and Management	3%

Reading Area Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	59	1	60
Accounting and Business/Management	15	0	15
Accounting	13	0	13
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	1	1
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	1	0	1
TOTAL	88	2	90

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.