: Assessing Non English Department Students\u27 Mastery of Academic Content Area Reading. This study addresses mainly college students\u27comprehension on academic texts. It involves 400 respondents of three state and three private universities in Malang with study programs with ‘high, ‘fair\u27, and ‘low\u27 bases on the proportion of the study programs accredited A by the National Board of Accreditation (BAN). Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively and comparatively. The results show reading comprehension of most respondents ranges from ‘avarage\u27 to ‘low\u27. Most word attack skills and text content attack skills are low. Text structure attack skills are not adequately mastered. The respondents\u27 comprehension across state universities does not significantly differ, but there is a difference across private universities, limited to certain private universities. A significant difference between the comprehension of students of state universities and private universities and a significant difference between the comprehension of science and social studies students are evidenced. Most respondents are not yet ready for academic comprehension of English
