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Johnson College

Scranton, Pennsylvania·Private not-for-profit, 2-year·Mid East·johnson.edu
6-yr Graduation
55%
+10.0pp vs Community College
Total enrollment
678
peer median 1,211
Avg net price
$19,826
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About

Johnson College is a private technical school in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Johnson College was founded in 1912 as a trade school by Orlando S. Johnson, a wealthy coal baron, and offers associate degrees and certificates

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
435
435 candidates competed
Admitted
426
97.9% acceptance rate
Enrolled
244
57.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
55%+10.0pp vs Community College
Full-time retention
75%

Pell equity

11.0pp gap
Pell recipients
100%
Non-Pell
89%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 25 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 22 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
25
Passing
3
12.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

25programs
  • Passing3 · 12.0%
  • No Data22 · 88.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
2
No data
22

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

3
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Associate Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+14.3%
$40,330 vs $35,274
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers
Associate Degree · Construction Trades
+55.2%
$54,728 vs $35,274
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+78.8%
$63,056 vs $35,274

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 2021Next review Jan 2029
PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 2016Next review Jan 2029
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

Accredited since 1979Next review Dec 2018

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 9

  1. Oct 2025Voluntary Withdrawal Received
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
  2. Feb 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  3. Feb 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
  4. Jul 2021Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
  5. Jun 2021Initial Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$18,021
$30–48k$19,853
$48–75k$21,019
$75–110k$22,237
$110k+$22,903

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$19,826
vs Community College median $19,826
Federal loans
79.0%
In-state tuition
$20,733
Out-of-state
$20,733

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 406 students received $2.2M in Pell grants, alongside $3.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
406
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.2M
$2,170,464 total
Direct Loans
$3.7M
968 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.6M
450 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.5M
472 loan awards
Parent PLUS$679K
46 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 203 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (3.9%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
3.9%
+1.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
203
Defaulted
8
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
12.4%
2017
14.2%
2018
11.3%
2019
3.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Johnson College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs19
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

170 total completions
01Construction Trades
5834.1%
02Mechanic
4023.5%
03Health Professions
1911.2%
04Engineering Tech
1911.2%
05Computer Sciences
169.4%
06Agriculture
116.5%
07Precision Production
52.9%
08Engineering
21.2%
09Business
00.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
678
12-mo unduplicated
715
Undergraduate
715
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
78%556
Women
22%159

Race / ethnicity composition

White
71.2%
Unknown
12.4%
Hispanic
7.6%
Black
5.5%
Two or more
1.8%
Asian
0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
10
10 M · 0 W
Women athletes
0.0%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$19K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
—
Recruiting expense
$0
—
Head-coach salaries
$2K
—
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 1

Basketball
10 M · —
$14K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 586 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons01
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    12.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    37

    Johnson College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Johnson College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectJohnson College
    		55%—678$19,826Community College
    Harcum College
    		—93.8%908$24,791Community College
    Keystone College
    		35%84.8%952$21,461Baccalaureate
    Lackawanna College
    		67%—2,211$24,449Baccalaureate
    Luzerne County Community College
    		——4,460$10,228Community College
    Manor College
    		18%94.9%567$16,521Baccalaureate
    Northampton County Area Community College
    		——8,810$10,666Community College
    Pennsylvania College of Technology
    		45%—4,575$26,084Baccalaureate
    Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton
    		40%98.5%800$18,934—
    Pittsburgh Technical College
    		74%85.9%—$25,754Baccalaureate
    Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
    		—71.2%1,470$9,964Community College
    Peer group median45%89.8%1,211$19,826

    Johnson College Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Office of Institutional Effectiveness
    Email
    jruane [at] johnson.edu
    Phone
    570-702-8946
    Address
    3427 N. Main Avenue, Scranton, PA 18508

    The Office of Institutional Effectiveness serves Johnson College by providing the information needed to make informed, data-driven decisions and by supporting college-wide assessment processes used for continuous improvement.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    1 member
    • Jeanne Ruane
      Director of Institutional Assessment

    Reports & documents (2)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Grants & funding (8)

    Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

    USA Spending

    Frequently asked questions about Johnson College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Johnson College.

    What is the graduation rate at Johnson College?

    Johnson College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 55% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Johnson College?

    Johnson College reports a total enrollment of 678 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Johnson College?

    The average net price at Johnson College is $19,826 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Johnson College?

    Johnson College's yield rate is 57.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Johnson College located?

    Johnson College is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania 18508-1495.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Johnson College?

    Johnson College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

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