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Albright College is a private liberal arts college in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1856.
Previous names include:
- Union Seminary (1856–1887)
- Central Pennsylvania College (1887–1902)
- Schuylkill College (1923–1929)
In 2017, Albright College was named one of the "Best Northeastern" schools by The Princeton Review; this was the fourteenth consecutive year that the college was included in that category. In the "Campus Ethnic Diversity" category, as part of the U.S. News & World Report 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. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)