{{Short description|Public college in Reading, Pennsylvania, US}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = Reading Area Community College | established = 1971 | image = readingcc.png | image_size = 200px | type = Public community college | president = Susan D. Looney | city = Reading | state = Pennsylvania | country = United States | endowment = $7.7 million<ref>As of June 30, 2011. {{cite web|title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2011 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2010 to FY 2011|publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers|date=January 17, 2012|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final_January_17_2012.pdf|page=22|format=PDF|accessdate=February 9, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201322/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final_January_17_2012.pdf|archivedate=October 29, 2013}}</ref> | students = 4,682 | faculty = 284 | campus = Urban | mascot = Raven | website = [http://www.racc.edu/ www.racc.edu] }}
'''Reading Area Community College''' ('''RACC''') is a public community college in Reading, Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1971 and serves the greater Reading area and Berks County, Pennsylvania. The institution is a Hispanic-serving institution ('HSI') as defined by federal law ([https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-110publ315/pdf/PLAW-110publ315.pdf the Higher Education Opportunity Act, Title V, 2008]).
==Academics== Reading Area Community College has over 4,000 students, most of whom study on a part-time basis (76.2%). Over two-thirds of the student body is female (68.7%), and over half of students receive need-based financial aid through the Pell Grant (60.7%).<ref name="RACC Student Body">{{cite web |title=Diversity of Reading Area Community College's Student Body - Fall 2023 |url=https://www.racc.edu/sites/default/files/HEOA/HEOA-2024-Documents-8-Diversity-of-Student-Body.pdf |publisher=Reading Area Community College |access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
===Demographics=== {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;" |+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of Fall 2023 |- ! Race and ethnicity<ref name="RACC Student Body" /> ! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total |- | Black |align=right| {{bartable|10.3|%|2||background:mediumblue}} |- | Hispanic |align=right| {{bartable|46.6|%|2||background:green}} |- | Asian |align=right| {{bartable|1.5|%|2||background:gray}} |- | White |align=right| {{bartable|34.8|%|2||background:orange}} |- | Other{{efn|Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.}} |align=right| {{bartable|6.79|%|2||background:brown}} |}
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.racc.edu}}
{{Public universities in Pennsylvania}} {{Reading, Pennsylvania}} {{coord|40.3346|-75.9348|region:US-PA_type:edu|display=title}}
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Category:Two-year colleges in the United States Category:Community colleges in Pennsylvania Category:Universities and colleges established in 1971 Category:Universities and colleges in Berks County, Pennsylvania Category:1971 establishments in Pennsylvania
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