Awards & Recognition
Albright turns a diverse, close-knit community into real momentum for its graduates. Every honor below is real, current and traceable to the body that granted it.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Albright #14 in the nation as a Top Performer on Social Mobility among national liberal arts colleges, a measure of how well a college enrolls and graduates students from every background. It is the clearest sign of Albright's core mission at work.
Every honor below links to the authority behind it, a ranking body, an accreditor or a recognition program. Nothing is inflated to fill space.
Recognised by Colleges of Distinction with honors for the overall college plus Business, Education, Career Development and International programs.
Named one of The Princeton Review's Best Colleges, a selective guide to the nation's top undergraduate institutions.
Ranked among national institutions in the Wall Street Journal / Times Higher Education Best Colleges rankings.
Ranked by U.S. News among the nation's leading national liberal arts colleges for campus ethnic diversity, one of its defining strengths.
Fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the regional accreditor for the Mid-Atlantic region.
Home to ACRE, a signature program giving undergraduates paid, faculty-mentored research and creative projects, often from their first year.
94% of recent graduates are employed or in graduate school, with 80% graduating with less debt than the national average.
Founded in 1856 and named for Jacob Albright, with a United Methodist heritage and nearly 170 years of educating leaders.
A featured affiliate partner of K12 Academics, the education-resource network online since 2004 and reaching 185 countries every month.
Rankings follow results. At Albright those results grow from a genuinely diverse community, hands-on research and graduates who go further.
Founded in 1856 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Albright pairs one of the most diverse campuses in its class with measurable results in mobility, outcomes and affordability.
Employed or in graduate school.
Support for nearly every student.
Graduate with below-average debt.
Rankings and recognitions are as published by the bodies named. The social-mobility ranking is from U.S. News & World Report's National Liberal Arts Colleges listing. Outcome figures are reported by Albright College and reflect recent cohorts.