Private nonprofit · Community college

Lackawanna College

Scranton, Pennsylvania · Small city

27%
Transfer rate
$19,951
Avg net price
37%
Grad / completion
$41,000
Median earnings

Lackawanna College is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Scranton, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 1,947 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

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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
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
Scranton, PA
To the ocean
87 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AVP)

How Lackawanna College compares

Graduation rate37%

Higher than 22% · #126 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention83%

Higher than 70%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,000

Higher than 72% · #60 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$19,951

Cheaper than 33% · #95 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$18,075

Lower than 8%

Student–faculty ratio21 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment1,947

Larger than 81%

Percentiles compare Lackawanna 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

1,947undergrads
  • Women78540%
  • Men1,16260%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White53%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic18%
  • Asian1.7%
  • Other or multiracial14%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,947
Student–faculty ratio
21 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
60%
First-generation students
47%
Students over 25
32%
Median family income
$27,497
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$39,960
Endowment
$11,429,445

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$18,400
Room & board
$12,110
Books & supplies
$1,500
Total cost of attendance
$28,770
Average net price
$19,951

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 (within 6 years)
37%
Graduated on time (4 years)
67%
First-year retention
83%
Transferred to another college
27%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,500
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$41,000
Median debt at graduation
$18,075
Students with federal loans
72%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
67%
Low-income (Pell)
28%
First-generation
29%

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
Yes
Dorm capacity
313
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
16%
Housing charge (year)
$7,660
Meal plan (year)
$4,450
Application fee
$35
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
326 (254 men · 72 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (8)

Football114
Other Sports65
Baseball48
Basketball38
Soccer26
Softball15
Volleyball12
Wrestling8

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 6 campuses (2,211 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.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
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
$18,142
$30–48k
$18,288
$48–75k
$20,224
$75–110k
$23,796
$110k+
$26,351

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$80,896

$20,224/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

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.

38%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$4,190
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 38% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,190. 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 367 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)
$41,000
Typical debt at graduation
$18,075
Debt vs. one year's pay
44%
Out-earn a HS grad
45%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$33,984
Men
$47,396

Men out-earn women by $13,412 (39%) 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
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wilkes-Barre Intl AP, PA US station (6.4 mi from campus).

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.