Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Albany, New York (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 481 students of which 505 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is categorized as “26” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 52.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,252 and an ACT midpoint of 30. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,882, with published in-state tuition of $41,475 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 68.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.8%. Graduates earn a median of $131,426 ten years after enrolling, compared with $112,685 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 61400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 91.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.