Private nonprofit · Community college

Johnson College

Scranton, Pennsylvania · Small city

14%
Transfer rate: $19,954
Avg net price: 55%
Grad / completion: $55,194
Median earnings

Johnson College is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Scranton, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 590 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 590 undergradsSmall cityAccessible · 98% admitCold 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: Associate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Scranton, PA
To the ocean: 87 miles
Nearest airport: 9 miles to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AVP)

How Johnson College compares

Selectivity97.9%

More selective than 22% · #31 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 42% · #109 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention75%

Higher than 54%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$55,194

Higher than 94% · #21 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$19,954

Cheaper than 32% · #96 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$12,000

Lower than 29%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment590

Larger than 65%

Percentiles compare Johnson College 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

Undergraduates by gender

Women14525%
Men44575%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White63%
Black5.8%
Hispanic8.8%
Asian1.0%
Other or multiracial21%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 590
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 49%
First-generation students: 44%
Students over 25: 16%
Median family income: $35,985
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $50,724
Endowment: $3,120,959

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $21,225
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,500
Total cost of attendance: $27,354
Average net price: $19,954

Admissions

Admission rate: 97.9%
Test scores: Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 55%
First-year retention: 75%
Transferred to another college: 14%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $44,043
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $55,194
Median debt at graduation: $12,000
Students with federal loans: 78%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 68%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

55%

Low-income (Pell)

54%

First-generation

58%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.5 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 1
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year

0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling

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

$15,861

$30–48k

$17,553

$48–75k

$19,368

$75–110k

$23,558

$110k+

$26,946

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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

15%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,494

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 15% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,494. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 183 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $55,194
Typical debt at graduation: $12,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 22%
Out-earn a HS grad: 66%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$36,906

Men

$59,026

Men out-earn women by $22,120 (60%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 85°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 38.7″
Annual snow: 45.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wilkes-Barre Intl AP, PA US station (9.2 mi from campus).

What Johnson College graduates study — and earn

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Assoc.

32 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

32———Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssoc.

29 grads$49k 1 yr$72k 5 yr$16k debt

29$49,124$72,194$15,500 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

19 grads$39k 1 yr$61k 5 yr$12k debt

19$38,507$60,866$12,000 Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssoc.

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

15 grads$48k 1 yr— 5 yr$21k debt

15$48,216—$20,750 Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

13 grads$37k 1 yr$38k 5 yr— debt

13$37,373$38,264—CarpentersAssoc.

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

10 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

10———Precision Metal WorkingCert.

10 grads$37k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

10$37,243——Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

7 grads$35k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7$34,834——Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCert.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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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.