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:	https://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 31% of students took out student loans averaging $4,959 a year. That adds up to $19,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RACC is 12.4%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Reading Area Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,924 undergraduate students at RACC, with 955 being full-time and 2,969 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 955 full-time undergraduates at RACC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	19
Black or African American	76
Hispanic or Latino	366
White	455
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

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 2019-2020, 3,033 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 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of RACC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Reading Area Community College was 82.5%. This is the #419 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at RACC regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Accounting	#65
Accounting	#133

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%.

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	58	0	58
Accounting and Business/Management	7	0	7
Accounting	5	0	5
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	2	2
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	2	0	2
TOTAL	72	2	74

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.