Lackawanna College

Scranton, Pennsylvania

  • Two-year college
  • Private nonprofit
  • City
  • 1,947 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
  • Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $45,075 a year after finishingNationally: $60,798

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $36,065 a year after finishingNationally: $34,674
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,017

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $69,498 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,056
  • Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $69,818 a year after finishingNationally: $61,477

Massage therapy

  • Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 36 finishedGraduates here earned $33,312 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $37,942 a year after finishingNationally: $43,365

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $84,093
Other programs (19)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificateNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $31,669 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 44 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,346
  • Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,911
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $37,910
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $38,650
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 65 finishedGraduates here earned $19,972 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $40,010
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,556
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 49 finishedGraduates here earned $31,662 a year afterNationally: $38,048
  • Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $39,850 a year afterNationally: $41,576
  • Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,701
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Psychology, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $23,147
  • Real EstateCertificateNationally: $45,163
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$19,002$30–48k$17,608$48–75k$19,053$75–110k$21,157Over $110k$21,598Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$19,225per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$27,902sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
69%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
42%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$40,0246 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$44,82810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$19,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
38%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Lackawanna College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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