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Luzerne County Community College

Luzerne County Community College

Nanticoke, PA · Suburb · 3,317 students
Website Scorecard
Application deadlines: Check the admissions site
$9,433
Average net priceYour net price
In-state
<30
30–48
48–75
75–110
110+
By household income — tap a bar
22%
Graduation rate
38% typical
$40,437
Earnings 10 years on
$40,141 typical
Open admission
Acceptance rate
Accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education
About

Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) is a comprehensive public institution in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, best known for its accessible workforce training and highly regarded allied health programs, particularly nursing, dental hygiene, and emergency medical services. Beyond health sciences, the college excels in culinary arts, criminal justice, and technical trades, while offering robust, seamless transfer pathways to four-year universities throughout the state. The student experience is supportive, flexible, and commuter-oriented, featuring active campus clubs, intercollegiate Trailblazer athletics, and personalized career advising. A key distinctive feature of LCCC is its extensive network of regional satellite centers across Northeastern Pennsylvania, which makes hands-on, affordable education easily accessible to both traditional students and working adults.

Wikipedia:Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) is a public community college in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. LCCC offers over 100 academic, technical, and career programs. The institution uses an open admissions policy for most programs, and has over 35,000 graduates. In addition to the 167-acre main campus in Nanticoke, the school maintains 7 satellite learning centers located throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. LCCC Dedicated Centers are located in Berwick, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Shamokin, Hazleton, Pittston, and Watsontown.

Location
Nanticoke, PA, 18634 · Suburb campus
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Nearest airport from college
ABE · Lehigh Valley
47 mi away
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Cost & aid
Cost of attendance
In-stateOut-of-state
Tuition & fees$6,600$16,260
Books & supplies$2,000$2,000
Cost of attendance$14,499$35,058
Average net price$9,433Not published
Out-of-state prices
Tuition & fees$16,260
In-state: $6,600
Books & supplies$2,000
Cost of attendance$35,058
In-state: $14,499
Average net priceNot published
In-state: $9,433
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · published total: www.luzerne.edu
How it’s made up · out-of-state
Tuition$19,200
Housing$7,400
Food$1,600
Books & supplies$2,000
Personal expenses$3,600
Transportation$1,200
Total published by the school$35,058
Net price by family income · in-state students
$0–30k
$7,711
$30–48k
$8,530
$48–75k
$10,358
$75–110k
$12,980
$110k+
$14,093
Grants from the school
3% of first-years get a grant from the school, averaging $1,289
Source: College Navigator (U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS)
Outcomes
Completion
Within 6 yrs
22%
Pell students: 19.8% · others: 26.1% 
8 yrs after starting
27% graduated · 23% transferred · 2% still enrolled · 48% left or unknown
Earnings
6 yrs after entry$35,631
10 yrs after entry$40,437
Debt
Median at graduation$11,000
Monthly payment$117
Middle 50% owe$2.8k–$9.6k
90th percentile$16,000
Green marks a figure above the typical Associate's — high career & technical: $40,141 earned 10 yrs after entry.
Admissions

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Student Body
Gender
Men 34%Women 66%
Who enrolls
Faculty ratio
15 : 1
Pell grant
37%
First-gen
55%
Family income
$24,834
Independent
40%
Veterans
1%
Age at entry
24.0
Part-time
60%
Where first-years come from
In state (PA)
98.1%
Out of state
1.2%
International
0.0%

Most out-of-state first-years from: NJ 3 · MD 2 · NY 2 · CA 1 · CT 1

Race & ethnicity
White
48%
Hispanic
26%
Black
8%
Asian
2%
Two or more
1%
Unknown
15%
Varsity sports
NJCAA Division III
  • Basketball
    Men's
  • Cross Country
    Women's
Institutional
Resources
Endowment
$1M
Full-time faculty
38%
Faculty salary
$6,870/mo
Teaching spend
$7,819
per student
Federal loans
29%
Classification
Carnegie type
Associate's — high career & technical
Undergraduate profile
Two-year, mostly part-time

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