Career Programs at RACC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Reading Area Community College is $12,030 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Reading Area Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

99% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $3,524 (exclude student loans).

RACC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$12,030
Average Financial Amount	$3,524

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Reading Area Community College offers 13 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 459 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Reading Area Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	3	1	2
2 Years Certificate	10	1	24
Total	13	2	459

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

2 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
24 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
433 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	✔	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	2	-
	Total	2

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	9	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	0	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Science Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	7	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	2	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	24

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	10	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	17 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✔	11	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	6	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Education	✔	0	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Engineering	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	✔	16	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Child Development	✕	12	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	8	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	84 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1	-
General Studies	✔	83	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	9 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✔	9	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Science Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	22 completers	-
Psychology	✔	22	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	25	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Social Work	✔	16	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Social Sciences	✔	8	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer	✕	24	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	3	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	51 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	10	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	4	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	8	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	6	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	19	-
Business [+]	✔	72 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	58	-
Accounting	✔	5	-
Accounting and Business/Management	✕	7	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	2	-
	Total	433

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,533 students are attending at Reading Area Community College. There are 53 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 187 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 (5.26%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 193 (full-time) and 252 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Reading Area Community College is 20% and transfer-out rate is 12%. The retention rate is 71% at the school.

RACC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	4,533
Graduation Rate	20%
Number of Faculty	240
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

Student Population at RACC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,737 students enrolled into Reading Area Community College. By gender, 1,576 male and 3,161 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Reading Area Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Reading Area Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,737	1,576	3,161
Full-time	895	366	529
Part-tme	3,842	1,210	2,632

There are 2,397 White (50.60%), 422 Black/African American (8.91%), 1,615 Hispanic (34.09%), 117 Asian (2.47%), and 1,790 students with other races attending Reading Area Community College. 3 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Reading Area Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,737	1,576	3,161
American Indian/Native American	20	10	10
Asian	117	36	81
Black/African American	422	147	275
Hispanic	1,615	476	1,139
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	4	7
White	2,397	851	1,546
Two More	138	48	90
Un-Known	14	2	12
Non-resident Alien	3	2	1

Reading Area Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

1,513 students (31.94% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 917 students (19.36% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Reading Area Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Reading Area Community College
	Number of Students
Total	4,737
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,513
Enrolled Some Online Courses	917
Not in Online Courses	2,307

By age range, at Reading Area Community College, 1,185 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.02% of total students), 2,114 students are aged below 20 (44.63%), 117 students are aged above 50 (4.56%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Reading Area Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,737	1,576	3,161
Under 18	1,230	455	775
Age 18-19	884	328	556
Age 20-21	641	238	403
Age 22-24	544	182	362
Age 25-29	538	162	376
Age 30-34	347	71	276
Age 35-39	215	52	163
Age 40-49	220	59	161
Age 50-64	108	23	85
Over 64	9	6	3
Age Un-Known	1	0	1

Directory and Accreditation Information

Reading Area Community College is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1979 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Reading Area Community College.

10 S Second St, Reading, PA

610-372-4721

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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