Which Alvernia University major has the lowest debt?

Accounting graduates leave with a median of $25,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Alvernia University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Alvernia University cost?

Tuition and fees are $45,000 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,138 a year.

How many Alvernia University programs report graduate pay?

8 bachelor's programs at Alvernia University report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Alvernia University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Reading, PA
2,152 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Alvernia University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($77,394), and Criminal Justice the least ($39,940). The median program pays $45,628.

Tuition and fees$45,000Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,138Per year

Graduation rate56%Within 6 years

Admission rate58%Of applicants

All 8 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
1	NursingAbout 59 graduates a year	$77,394	$89,545	$27,000	25th of 42
2	AccountingAbout 14 graduates a year	$53,428	$66,067	$25,500	25th of 41
3	Business AdministrationAbout 31 graduates a year	$52,742	$70,877	$27,000	19th of 65
4	Special EducationAbout 8 graduates a year	$48,649	$45,987	Not reported	9th of 16
5	Health SciencesAbout 49 graduates a year	$42,607	$50,786	$27,000	2nd of 7
6	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$41,508	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 21
7	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 22 graduates a year	$41,115	$46,595	$54,779	3rd of 5
8	Criminal JusticeAbout 33 graduates a year	$39,940	$57,257	$30,250	8th of 30

Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Pennsylvania programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$77,394
Accounting$53,428
Business Administration$52,742
Special Education$48,649
Health Sciences$42,607

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

NursingAbout 59 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 49 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 33 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 31 graduates a year
Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 22 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $77,394 in their first year, the most of 8 Alvernia University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels