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Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Scranton, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 665 students in fall 2024, including 88 undergraduates and 577 graduate students.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine offers associate degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 3 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 195 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
665
Students enrolled
195
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
3
Programs and majors
5:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

AssociateMasterProfessional

Programs and majors offered 3

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
5:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
29
Master's degrees
51
Professional doctorates
115

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
665
Undergraduates, fall 2024
88
Graduate students, fall 2024
577
Full-time, fall 2024
89%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
742
Undergraduates, 2024-25
108
Graduate students, 2024-25
634
Full-time, 2024-25
80%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
62%
Men
38%
White
55%
Hispanic or Latino
6%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
22%
Two or more races
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
1
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
10%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers
President
Julie Story Byerley, MD, MPH
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Dedicated veterans contact

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