as of fall 2023.
== History ==
Albright College traces its founding to 1856 when "Union Seminary" opened. Present-day Albright was formed by the mergers of several institutions: Albright Collegiate Institute, Central Pennsylvania College, and Schuylkill College.
"Albright Collegiate Institute" opened in 1895 and was renamed Albright College three years later. "Union Seminary", meanwhile, became "Central Pennsylvania College" in 1887 and merged with Albright College in 1902. "Schuylkill Seminary", the third institution, was founded in 1881, became "Schuylkill College" in 1923, and merged into Albright in 1928.
Albright's campus relocated from Myerstown, to Schuylkill College's campus, which is the present location of Albright, at the base of Mount Penn in Reading.
The college is named for Pennsylvania-German evangelical preacher Jacob Albright, who founded the Evangelical Association (later known as the Evangelical United Brethren Church). Born in 1759 in Douglass Township, (now Montgomery County) with the …
