About
Albany Medical College (AMC) is a private medical school in Albany, New York. It was founded in 1839 by Alden March and James H. Armsby and is one of the oldest medical schools in the nation. A component of Union University, the college is part of the Albany Medical Center, which includes the Albany Medical Center Hospital.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 10 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 7 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 30.0%
- No Data7 · 70.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 8
- Mar 2022Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- May 2021Grant Substantive Change: DegreeCouncil on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs · Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the master's degree, post master's certificate or doctoral degree levels
- Jun 2020Renewal of AccreditationAssociation for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., Accreditation Commission · (SCPE) - Clinical pastoral education (CPE) centers offering CPE and supervisory CPE programs
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs · Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the master's degree, post master's certificate or doctoral degree levels
- Jul 2019Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $29.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 189 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Albany Medical College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus16
- Non-campus3
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Albany Medical College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Albany Medical College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAlbany Medical College | — | — | 814 | — | — |
A T Still University of Health Sciences | — | — | 3,466 | — | — |
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine | — | — | 778 | — | — |
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | — | — | 870 | — | — |
California University of Science and Medicine | — | — | 590 | — | — |
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center | — | — | 1,534 | — | — |
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine | — | — | 2,617 | — | — |
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine | — | — | 665 | — | — |
Kansas City University | — | — | 2,109 | — | — |
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine | — | — | 4,133 | — | — |
Meharry Medical College | — | — | 1,226 | — | — |
Midwestern University-Downers Grove | — | — | 2,567 | — | — |
Midwestern University-Glendale | — | — | 3,738 | — | — |
Morehouse School of Medicine | — | — | 967 | — | — |
New York Medical College | — | — | 1,471 | — | — |
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences | — | — | 665 | — | — |
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | — | — | 2,901 | — | — |
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | — | — | 2,021 | — | — |
Rush University | — | — | 2,769 | — | — |
Touro University California | — | 0.0% | 1,144 | — | — |
Touro University Nevada | — | — | 1,600 | — | — |
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine | — | — | 346 | — | — |
Western University of Health Sciences | — | — | 3,665 | — | — |
| Peer group median | — | 0.0% | 1,534 | — |
Albany Medical College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page features information about Irma Rukhadze, PhD, including her role as an Associate Professor at Albany Medical College. It provides details about her research work on sleep and respiratory neurobiology, contact information, and related news highlights about NIH-funded research projects.
Visit IR office page- Irma Rukhadze, PhDAssociate Professor
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (3)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- awardNational Institutes of Health Research FundingNational Institutes of Health (NIH)institution_site$13,200,000
- award$3.2M NIH Grant for Atherosclerosis ResearchNational Institutes of Health (NIH)institution_site$3,200,000
- award$2.1M NIH Grant for Tuberculosis StudyNational Institutes of Health (NIH)institution_site$2,100,000
Notable alumni of Albany Medical College (19)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Jacob M. Appel
- Milton Aronowitz
- Betty Q. Banker
- Kenneth BlackfanMedicine
- Edward BoveMedicine
- Frank M. Boyce
- Steven J. BurakoffMedicine
- Thomas C. DurantMedicine
- Ebenezer EmmonsGeology
- Jeffrey M. FriedmanMedicine
- Sue GoldiePublic Health
- Ferdinand Vandeveer HaydenGeology
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