Which Lackawanna College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Mining and Petroleum Technology graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Lackawanna College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Lackawanna College cost?

Tuition and fees are $18,400 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $19,951 a year.

How many Lackawanna College programs report graduate pay?

3 bachelor's programs, 6 associate's programs, and 2 certificate programs at Lackawanna College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Lackawanna College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Scranton, PA
1,947 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Lackawanna College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($65,584), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($13,920). The median program pays $29,657. Lackawanna College also has 3 bachelor's programs and 2 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$18,400Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$19,951Per year

Graduation rate37%Within 6 years

All 3 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
1	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 42 graduates a year	$37,845	Not reported	$39,750	4th of 5
2	Business AdministrationAbout 25 graduates a year	$34,308	Not reported	$29,496	64th of 65
3	Criminal JusticeAbout 25 graduates a year	$33,803	Not reported	$35,851	23rd of 30

Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Pennsylvania programs in the field do too.

All 6 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 39 graduates a year	$65,584	$56,620	$24,875	1st of 19
2	Mining and Petroleum TechnologyAbout 6 graduates a year	$63,377	$74,122	$12,000	1st of 1
3	Business AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year	$32,815	Not reported	$17,500	6th of 8
4	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 33 graduates a year	$26,499	$31,111	$26,271	1st of 1
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 40 graduates a year	$22,394	$36,152	$18,965	12th of 12
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 58 graduates a year	$13,920	$34,989	$16,000	18th of 18

3 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Both certificate programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Pennsylvania.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
Criminal JusticeAbout 62 graduates a year	$49,642	$75,891	$12,115	3rd of 4
Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 8 graduates a year	$31,301	Not reported	$11,024	1st of 1

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$65,584
Mining and Petroleum Technology$63,377
Business Administration$32,815
Mental Health and Addiction Services$26,499
Criminal Justice$22,394

Lowest median debt

Mining and Petroleum Technology$12,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$16,000
Business Administration$17,500
Criminal Justice$18,965
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$24,875

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 58 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 40 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 39 graduates a year
Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 33 graduates a year

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $65,584 in their first year, the most of 6 Lackawanna College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels