Albright College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 74% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 61% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 65% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 5% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.7 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• business administration
• biology
• psychology

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 1.70
• Sophomore: 1.90
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)

Summer Sessions:

• Three summer sessions, two day sessions of five weeks each and one evening session of seven weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August.

• 50% continue immediately.

• Law School: 9%
• Medical School: 7%
• Graduate Business Programs: 5%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 15%

• Dickinson Law Sch, George Washington University, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania State University,
• U of Pennsylvania, Temple U.

• Andersen Consulting, CNA Insurance, Ernst & Young, Merck, Prudential-Bache.

• Dr. Stanley Order, oncologist; William Dearden, emeritus chairperson of the board, Hershey Foods; Rear Adm. John H. Fetterman, U.S. Navy; Leslie Mardenborough, vice-president and director of human resource management, New York Times; Ann Morfogen, vice-president of Broadcast Group, CBS, Inc.