Allegheny College
Meadville, PA520 N Main St, Meadville, PA 16335-3902
814-332-3100
Allegheny College is a private, coeducational college in northwestern Pennsylvania in the town of Meadville, approximately 35 miles south of Erie. The college was founded in 1815 by the Reverend Timothy Alden, a graduate of Harvard's School of Divinity. Allegheny is the oldest college in continuous existence under the same name west of the Allegheny Mountains. The college is also considered to be the first coeducational college in the United States to be founded by a woman. The school's charter was granted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on April 7, 1815.
Allegheny College's main campus is situated on a 130-acre parcel of land in the residential community of Meadville. The college also owns and operates a 600-acre biological field station in nearby Spartansburg. The college's academic program is divided into four divisions: Fine Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Interdisciplinary and International Studies.
Allegheny College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The college's athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division III and are members of the North Coast Athletic Conference. Allegheny College has produced a number of notable alumni, including Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist John Updike, former U.S. Senator Harris Wofford, and former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 1667
Acceptance Rate: 73.15%
Type: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://allegheny.edu/
Financial Aid: https://sites.allegheny.edu/finaid/
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $67560
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $67560
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Allegheny College is $238684.74. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Allegheny College. For graduates of Allegheny College, we saw an average early-career income of $53600.00 and mid-career income of $107900.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.