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Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a private located in Albany, New York. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is moderately inclusive in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is in the top 10% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $119,112 10 years after enrolling, 1st in New York, and in the top 5% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences bachelor students earn 15% less than the national average. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is ranked 13th in New York.
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’s median net annual cost of $29,799 and average years to graduate of 4.1 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 2 programs at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences sorted by number of graduates - Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Allied Professions - are shown below.
Annual net cost
$29,799
Average years to graduate
4.1
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 1 graduate programs at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Medical Allied Professions - are shown below.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.1 years. 71% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is 4% higher than the state average, and 0% above the average for all special focus four-year: other health professions schools in the country.
At Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Pell Grant recipients represent 26% of the measured graduating class, 9% lower than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences graduates within 4 years.
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is in the top 50% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’s economic mobility score of 24.93 is calculated by adjusting the 0.54 economic score of lower-income students by the 26% pell grant recipients within the student body. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’s EMS of 24.93 ranks in the top 25% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
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The average Title IV recipient at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences pays $29,799 a year, $21,756 less than the $51,555 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $29,799
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 100% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $29,799 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 72% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $12,146. This is 18% more than the national average.
Federal grants
$5,083
Pell grants
$5,214
State grants
$3,336
Institutional grants
$17,556
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences's moderately inclusive admissions are indicated by their 72% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 1,771 applicants, of which 1,272 were admitted and 115 enrolled. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences doesn't have a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed after a hard admissions deadline.
Full time
94%
83%
Female
60%
59%
First time
82%
59%
In-state
63%
68%
1st generation
22%
35%
White
51%
52%
Black
8%
14%
Hispanic
7%
15%
Asian
19%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
14%
12%