Lackawanna College
Scranton, PA · Private · Small city
Private institution in Scranton, PA · 1,837 undergraduates · $41,000 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 0%Full-time retention
- Top 11%Pell Grant share
- Top 25%Median graduate debt
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $24,4491,441st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,9501,054th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,950722nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $28,849890th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,075469th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,0001,561st highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,5001,506th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 37.7%1,566th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 100.0%1st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,837989th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 22.0:11,972nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 58.1%224th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 92 mi (EWR)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 7 of 7 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | — | — |
| Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCulinary & Personal Services | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1912source
- School colors: Gray and Whitesource
- Athletic nickname: "Falcons"source
- Mascot: Elsiesource
- Motto: "Spes sibis quisque (Latin)"source
- Formerly known as "Scranton Business College" (1894–1912)source
- Formerly known as "Lackawanna Business College" (1902–1912)source
- Formerly known as "Scranton Lackawanna Business College" (1912–1957)source
- Formerly known as "Lackawanna Junior College" (1957–2001)source
- Athletic conference: NJCAAsource
Athletics — 8 sports
NJCAA Division II · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $681,041 (M $424,209 · W $222,857 · Coed $33,975)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Lackawanna College’s 1,837 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In PA
- Marywood UniversityScranton, PA · 1,821 undergrads
- Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA · 1,815 undergrads
- Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA · 1,799 undergrads
- Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA · 1,893 undergrads
- Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA · 1,777 undergrads
- Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA · 1,904 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Gardner-Webb UniversityBoiling Springs, NC · 1,836 undergrads
- North Park UniversityChicago, IL · 1,844 undergrads
- Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA · 1,844 undergrads
- Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME · 1,846 undergrads
- University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, PR · 1,847 undergrads
- Great Basin CollegeElko, NV · 1,855 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitelackawanna.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 213376)
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- Compare with Marywood UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Lackawanna College vs Marywood UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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