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Luzerne County Community College Overview

Luzerne County Community College is a public institution situated in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Luzerne County Community College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Luzerne County Community College Known For?

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  • The 4% student loan default rate at Luzerne County Community College is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The associate's degree is the highest award offered at Luzerne County Community College.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 34% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Luzerne County Community College?

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Contact details for Luzerne County Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 521 Trailblazer Drive, Nanticoke, PA 18634
Phone: 570-740-0200
Website: www.luzerne.edu

How Do I Get Into Luzerne County Community College?

You can apply to Luzerne County Community College online at: https://www.luzerne.edu/admissionsapp/

Luzerne County Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Luzerne County Community College?

42% Take Out Loans
4.2% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

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 Luzerne County Community College, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $4,312 a year. That adds up to $17,248 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Luzerne County Community College is 4.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Luzerne County Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,414 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,187 undergraduate students at Luzerne County Community College, with 1,414 being full-time and 2,773 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 1,414 full-time undergraduates at Luzerne County Community College, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Luzerne County Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 22
Black or African American 100
Hispanic or Latino 257
White 763
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 272

Over 6 countries are represented at Luzerne County Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and China.

Online Learning at Luzerne County Community College

804 Took All Classes Online
1,995 Took At Least One Class Online
34.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,995 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Luzerne County Community College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 96th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Luzerne County Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Luzerne County Community College was 34.6%. This is the #822 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Luzerne County Community College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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