Private nonprofit · Community college

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Scranton, Pennsylvania · Small city

Transfer rate
$23,384
Avg net price
Grad / completion
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.

Private nonprofitSmall · 88 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

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

Average net price$23,384

Cheaper than 22% · #117 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Student–faculty ratio5 : 1

Lower than 97%

Undergraduate enrollment88

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

665students
  • 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
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
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
First-year retention
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$79,224
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
Median debt at graduation
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.

11reported offenses a year
8.3 violent a year3.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
4.3
Aggravated assault
3.0
Burglary
1.3
Motor vehicle theft
1.0
Robbery
0.7
Arson
0.7
Murder
0.3

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.

< $30k
$23,173
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+
$23,595

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

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.2JFMAMJJASOND

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.