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Lackawanna College

Scranton, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Lackawanna College is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 2,211 students in fall 2024.

Lackawanna College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 44 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Criminal Justice/Police Science, and Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other. It awarded 653 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 83% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 21 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,211
Students enrolled
83%
First-year retention
653
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
44
Programs and majors
21:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 44

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

Business, Management and Marketing 8
Health Professions 13
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Education 2
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Engineering Technologies 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 2
Natural Resources and Conservation 2
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 3
Construction Trades 1
Communication and Journalism 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Psychology 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
83%
First-year retention, part-time students
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
21:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
99
Associate degrees
402
Certificates under 1 year
101
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
51

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,211
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,211
Full-time, fall 2024
67%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
5,428
Full-time, 2024-25
38%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

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

Women
61%
Men
39%
White
63%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
14%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Programs with a fully online option
16
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
24%
Students taking some online courses
18%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. Jill Murray
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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