by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Lackawanna College was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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Lackawanna College landed the #1,699 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lackawanna College held the #1,853 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Lackawanna College is also ranked #92 out of 103 schools in Pennsylvania.
Lackawanna College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio at Lackawanna College is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lackawanna College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Lackawanna College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,043 undergraduates at Lackawanna College with 1,377 being full-time and 666 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,426 | $17,317 | $20,753 | $23,969 | $24,174 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Lackawanna College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Lackawanna College, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $8,506 a year. That adds up to $34,024 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Lackawanna College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 501 Vine St, Scranton, PA 18509-3206 |
| Phone: | 570-961-7810 |
| Website: | https://www.lackawanna.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 144 | $33,803 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 80 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 54 | $34,308 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 54 | $37,845 |
| Accounting | 37 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 30 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 24 | NA |
| Nursing | 23 | NA |
| Mining & Petroleum Technology | 20 | NA |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 19 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,362 students took at least one online class at Lackawanna College. This is an increase from the 1,281 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,362 | 602 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,281 | 593 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,406 | 441 |
| 2018-2019 | 132 | 132 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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