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Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading Area Community College is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Reading makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Reading Area Community College?

Contact details for RACC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	10 S Second St, Reading, PA 19603
Phone:	610-372-4721
Website:	www.racc.edu

Can I Afford RACC?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time RACC students paid $349 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $386 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,700	$9,810
Fees	$1,770	$1,770
Books and Supplies	$1,800	$1,800

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At RACC, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,261 a year. That adds up to $21,044 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RACC is 4.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Reading Area Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,737 undergraduate students at RACC, with 895 being full-time and 3,842 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 895 full-time undergraduates at RACC, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Reading Area Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	22
Black or African American	73
Hispanic or Latino	363
White	401
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

Over 8 countries are represented at RACC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Spain, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Reading Area Community College

In 2020-2021, 2,430 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at RACC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 14th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of RACC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Reading Area Community College was 82.5%. This is the #391 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at RACC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.