Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA · Private · 1,947 undergrads · website ↗

Open admission
$35 application fee

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

27%

of students transfer to a four-year institution

Completed after transferring: 2%
Still enrolled after transferring: 7%

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$18,142
$30,000 – $48,000	$18,288
$48,000 – $75,000	$20,224
$75,000 – $110,000	$23,796
Over $110,000	$26,351
All incomes (average)	$19,951

Sticker tuition and fees: $18,400 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Lackawanna College's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$12,710
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$7,660
Books and supplies	$1,750
Other expenses, on campus	$2,610
Other expenses, off campus	$3,178

Outcomes

Completion rate: 37%
Students with Pell grants: 60%
Earnings @ 10yr: $41,000
Median debt: $18,075

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $35
Students per faculty member: 21 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 100%

What students study

Health & Nursing29%

Business24%

Criminal Justice19%

Education7%

Computer Science3%

Agriculture2%

Environmental Studies1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (13)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	65	$19,972	$33,861national $44,125	$14,248
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	49	$31,662	$33,897national $40,734	$21,313
Business Administration, Management and Operations	48	$31,669	$43,607national $48,733	$18,500
Business/Commerce, General	44	—	$40,467national $49,927	$12,250
Criminal Justice and Corrections	36	$33,312	$49,310national $46,706	$18,058
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	30	$69,498	$78,229national $65,389	$17,186
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	23	—	—national $80,813	$21,000
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	16	—	—national $51,180	$18,750
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	16	—	$46,617national $42,269	$20,199
Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians	12	$69,818	$89,729national $77,878	—
Culinary Arts and Related Services	10	$36,065	—national $39,605	—
Accounting and Related Services	7	—	$35,182national $47,660	—
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	0	—	$33,621national $34,184	—

Undergraduate certificates (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	0	$39,850	—national $51,561	—
Criminal Justice and Corrections	0	—	$85,937national $57,702	—

Bachelor's degrees (4)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	29	$42,348	$54,906national $68,257	$27,375
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	25	$34,615	$40,697national $52,119	$37,382
Criminal Justice and Corrections	16	$37,942	$48,174national $55,378	$28,500
Accounting and Related Services	16	$45,075	—national $76,194	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 31 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in PA

Manor CollegeJenkintown23.3%Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport16.3%Saint Joseph's University - LancasterLancaster10.9%

Contact and accreditation

Address: 501 Vine St, Scranton, PA 18509-3206
Phone: (570) 961-7810
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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