The agreement provides RACC students with immediate acceptance into Manor College after completion of an Associate’s Degree.

Reading, PA - Reading Area Community College (RACC) and Manor College announced a transfer agreement that allows students graduating from RACC to be guaranteed admission to Bachelor Degree programs at Manor College.

“This agreement provides next-level opportunities for student degree achievement in our region,” Dr. Jonathan Peri, president of Manor College, said. “We’re excited to connect these students with Bachelor-level programs in a way that makes the transfer process fast and seamless.” 

"We are proudly celebrating this new agreement with Manor College, which will open many new doors of opportunity for our graduates," says Dr. Susan Looney, RACC president. “This pathway is the result of great cooperation and collaboration between the leadership of our respective institutions and will serve well both the needs of our institutions and, more importantly, those of our students."

The deal was formalized on January 9 in a ceremonial signing on the Reading Area Community College campus. 

Under the agreement, students at Reading who complete an Associate’s Degree and graduate with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 will be guaranteed admission into Manor. Degree programs include Allied Health Science, Business, Computer and Information Systems, Child Development, Psychology and more.

“We wanted to do this because the students at Reading Area Community College are very similar to the students here at Manor,” Dr. Joseph Gillespie, Manor College Provost said. “We would of course say yes to providing them an opportunity to continue their education in an institution with similar student-centered values as the one they’re currently attending.”

Reading Area Community College was founded in October 1971 in the city of Reading. The institution’s vision is to provide affordable and quality educational experiences that help students succeed in completing the first two years of college, preparing for a career in two years or less or obtaining nationally recognized business and industry training.

Manor College, located in Jenkintown, was founded in 1947 by the Ukrainian Sisters of Saint Basil the Great. Manor College offers small, personalized education with a 12:1 student/teacher class radio. The institution remains among the most affordable private colleges in Pennsylvania. 

David Hessen
Director of Marketing & Communications
Reading Area Community College
610.607.6212
dhessen@racc.edu