Private nonprofit · Community college
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Scranton, Pennsylvania · Small city
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- Transfer rate
- $23,384
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Scranton, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 88 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a second A class city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1771, during the colonial era, Isaac Tripp, the area's first known white settler, built his home here; it still stands in North Scranton, formerly a separate town known as Providence. The Scranton Iron Furnaces are remnants of the city's founding industry and of the Scranton family's Lackawanna Steel Company. The Steamtown National Historic Site seeks to preserve the history of railroads in the Northeast. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- Scranton, PA
- To the ocean
- 87 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AVP)
How Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine compares
Cheaper than 22% · #117 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 97%
Larger than 25%
Percentiles compare Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate8813%
- Graduate57787%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White93%
- Black3.4%
- Asian2.3%
- Other or multiracial1.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 88
- Graduate enrollment
- 577
- Student–faculty ratio
- 5 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 30%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 33%
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $70,758
- Endowment
- $5,959,058
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $15,886
- Room & board
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- Books & supplies
- $1,000
- Total cost of attendance
- $25,845
- Average net price
- $23,384
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $79,224
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- Median debt at graduation
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- Students with federal loans
- 54%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $150
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- D
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 17.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 25
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 9
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 7 campuses (665 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 38.7″
- Annual snow
- 45.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wilkes-Barre Intl AP, PA US station (6.6 mi from campus).
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.













