About us
| Location |
Reading, United States |
Funding Type |
Public |
| No of Students |
NA |
Establishment |
University |
| Founded In |
1958 |
Estimated Cost of Living |
14000 USD |
| Address |
400 Saint Bernardine St. Reading, PA 19607 |
Alvernia defines the community. It is a vibrant intellectual environment in which students learn, discover, give and grow as leaders with moral courage.
Guided by Franciscan values and the ideal of “knowledge joined with love,” and rooted in the Catholic and liberal arts traditions, Alvernia is a rigorous, caring, and inclusive learning community committed to academic excellence and to being and fostering:
- Broadly educated, life-long learners;
- Reflective professionals and engaged citizens;
- And ethical leaders with moral courage.
Why?
- Alvernia was one of only four institutions in Pennsylvania (including the University of Pennsylvania) — and one of 43 nationally — to earn the President’s Higher Education Interfaith Community Service Honor Roll (with Distinction) award for 2014. Organized by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education, the distinction is the highest federal recognition that universities can receive for community service and civic engagement. The university also received Honor Roll recognition for General Community Service and Education.
- The prestigious Carnegie Foundation selected Alvernia as one of only 23 institutions in Pennsylvania and 361 nationally to receive its 2015 Community Engagement Classification. Other schools receiving the national recognition included Duke, Emory, Villanova and Notre Dame universities.
- The Templeton Foundation honored Alvernia as one of the top 100 Character-building Colleges in the nation and as a model of excellence in education.
- G.I. Jobs magazine named Alvernia as a Military Friendly School, recognizing the university’s commitment to support the continuing education needs of American military personnel. Only the top 15 percent of universities, colleges and trade schools in the nation hold the distinction.
- Alvernia’s athletic teams are among the most competitive in the NCAA’s Division III. The university’s teams have appeared in more than 30 NCAA tournaments including the men’s basketball Final Four. Other accomplishments include multiple conference and regional championships with numerous athletes named as Academic All-Americans.
