Keystone College
About
Keystone College is a private college in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. Although the college's official mailing address is La Plume, Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County, much of the campus is in Factoryville in Wyoming County. It was founded in 1868 and enrolls approximately 1,200 students in around 40 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. In November 2024, following over a decade of enrollment and revenue decreases, the college's accreditor, by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), planned to withdraw its accreditation, but the decision on an exact withdrawal date is now subject to an appeal.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 16.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 56 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 47 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 14.3%
- No Data47 · 83.9%
- Failing1 · 1.8%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 4
- May 2025Grant Substantive Change: OwnershipMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Feb 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Nov 2024Adverse Action InitiatedMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Apr 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 373 students received $2.0M in Pell grants, alongside $4.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 455 borrowers who entered repayment, 20 (4.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Keystone College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Keystone College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Keystone College selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectKeystone College | 36% | — | 952 | $21,461 | Baccalaureate |
Colby-Sawyer College | 54% | 80.1% | 972 | $25,857 | Baccalaureate |
Dean College | 46% | 73.7% | 1,092 | $30,236 | Baccalaureate |
Eastern Nazarene College | 39% | 59.0% | 60 | $17,733 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Elmira College | 65% | 77.0% | 786 | $23,735 | Baccalaureate |
Fisher College | 25% | 70.7% | 1,652 | $25,702 | Baccalaureate |
Hilbert College | 55% | 97.2% | 968 | $22,100 | Baccalaureate |
Mount Aloysius College | 52% | 82.1% | 2,955 | $20,748 | Baccalaureate |
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 46% | 76.5% | 948 | $24,583 | Baccalaureate |
Peirce College | 50% | — | 929 | $12,905 | Baccalaureate |
Thiel College | 48% | 71.5% | 950 | $22,746 | Baccalaureate |
Unity Environmental University | 29% | 81.8% | 7,165 | $18,217 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
University of Valley Forge | 49% | 61.2% | 589 | $27,499 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 48% | 76.5% | 952 | $22,746 |
Keystone College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Robyn DickinsonOffice of Institutional Effectiveness
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic plan2018-2025 Strategic Plan: Teaching the Future, Today2017Keystone College's strategic plan, spanning from 2018 to 2025, aims to transform lives through empowering education within a diverse community. The plan is built on the themes of believing in the potential of all students, fostering a supportive sense of belonging, and enabling students to become their best selves. It includes goals to enhance enrollment diversity, strengthen student support systems, provide transformative educational experiences, and ensure institutional sustainability.keystone.edu
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Keystone College (6)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Mary Belle Harris
- Kate MicucciEntertainment
- Shay NearyFashion
- Betty J. Turock
- Red WallaceAthletics
- James SimpsonWriting
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