Johnson College
Private Community College in Scranton, PA. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $55,194.
Ten years after entry, the median Johnson College student earns $55,194 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 55%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 98%, Johnson College takes nearly everyone who applies. With 435 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 57% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 4 (2%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 55% finish inside six years. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 14% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 541 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,826 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,861 at $0–30k versus $26,946 at $110k+. 75% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,720 — common but not automatic. 90% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 220 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,861 |
| $30–48k | $17,553 |
| $48–75k | $19,368 |
| $75–110k | $23,558 |
| $110k+ | $26,946 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 486 of these 541 students, totalling $2,578,808 — an average of $5,306 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lackawanna County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)