Albright College

Albright College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college. It was founded in 1856 and is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.

Albright College has been named one of the "Best Northeastern" schools for 14 consecutive years by The Princeton Review.Albright College has also been named one of the most ethnically and economically diverse schools in the country by U.S News and World Report. In the “Campus Ethnic Diversity” category, as part of its 2018 Best Colleges rankings, U.S. News ranked Albright 33rd out of 208 national liberal arts colleges.In the “Economic Diversity” category, Albright ranked 27th out of 210 national liberal arts schools named. The Economist magazine listed Albright among the top 50 American colleges and universities for economic value in 2015.

Berks County's oldest institute of higher learning, Albright College traces its founding to 1856 when Union Seminary opened. Present-day Albright was formed by the mergers of several institutions.

Albright Collegiate Institute opened in 1895 and was renamed Albright College three years later. Union Seminary became Central Pennsylvania College and, in 1902, merged with Albright College. Schuylkill College, previously called Schuylkill Seminary, merged with Albright College in 1928. Albright's campus relocated from Myerstown, to Schuylkill College’s campus, which is the present location of Albright, at the base of Mount Penn in Reading.