if you like small school in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do where everyone gets drunk all day everyday then this is the school for you. most people transfer because they don't like it which is hard to do because most credits don't transfer anyways. they only spend most of their money on nursing majors . as a former resident , id rather commute because it's way too expensive for no reason . some professors are dedicated and others not so much . I deff wouldn't recommend this school to anyone . but the campus is pretty ! if that's worth 40,000/ year. parking sucks ! printing is no longer free. the wifi is terrible in the dorms . picking housing is terrible . not worth the money . too many diff cliques it's like a second high school .

I have been attending for a little under a year and so far my experience has been very good. Wonderful professors with real world knowledge. Would recommend to others! This is deff a commuter school though, there isn't much to do in the area.

My first year here was not so great. Most of my professors were decent, some much better than others. It's very religious, so if you're into Catholicism then this would probably be a good place, but if you're like me and not religious at all then you'll wanna look elsewhere. Dorms are pretty nice, there were some unexpected mishaps though (hot water not working, power going out, stuff like that). Cafeteria food is not what they make it out to be, but the café food is great and the one is open till 2am, so that's cool. Hopefully my experience here will get better in the next 3 years, but so far it's really just okay.

Beautiful campus. I personally loved the newly opened indoor recreational coplex. The university was founded in 1958 by the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters. Any high school graduate interested in attending a prestigious university at a reasonable cost, should add Alvernia to their short list. Located 1 hour from Bethlehem near Reading taking route 222.

Beautiful campus! Grounds are beautiful. Staff and students are beyond nice, respectful and helpful. Nice dorm rooms. Clean buildings.