Facts & Figures
Overview
- Public two-year college offering associate degree, certificate, and diploma programs.
- Founded in 1966 under the sponsorship of the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners and guided by a fifteen member Board of Trustees.
- Accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680, (215)-662-5606.
- Credit enrollment (Fall 2010): 7,249
- 52% attend full-time / 48% attend part-time
- 59% are females / 41% are males
- 71% live in Luzerne County
- 55% are enrolled in transfer programs / 45% are enrolled in occupational programs
- 1,512 individuals enrolled in distance learning/hybrid courses
- Noncredit enrollment (2009-2010): 5,680 (excluding personal enrichment courses)
Includes Workforce and Community Development Division, Public Safety Training Institute, and Substance Abuse & Training Institute.
- 856 degrees, certificates, and diplomas were awarded to 839 individuals in 2009-2010
- 25,834 individuals have received associate degrees, certificates, or diplomas since 1967
- Three year graduation rate of 20% (Fall, 2006 cohort)
- 166 faculty
- 9 month – 109
- 12 month – 57
- 84 administrative staff FT & PT
- 173 support staff FT & PT
- 10 security FT & PT
- Operating budget of $44,881,155
- Income is derived from federal, state, and local governments, student tuition, vending services, and bookstore
- Student tuition is $84 per semester hour for part-time in-county residents; full-time in-county students pay flat rate of $1,260 per semester
- The permanent campus of Luzerne County Community College is situated on a 167-acre site in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Fifteen buildings make up the College's permanent facilities. These include eight classroom and instructional facilities, a library, an administration building, a conference center, a campus center, security and printing services, and physical plant services. The value of campus buildings and equipment as of July 1, 2010 exceeds $134,044,329
- Upcoming projects through 2012 include the construction of a Health Sciences building as well as building renovations and capital improvement/deferred maintenance projects.
- Berwick
- Corporate Learning Center, Wilkes-Barre
- Hazleton
- Kulpmont
- Northumberland
- The College has over 1,400 personal computers, 920 of which are located in 41 academic labs. More than 65% of the College's classrooms are "smart classrooms" which consist of an instructor PC, overhead projector, and network access. All students have access to College e-mail and network accounts.
- Library collections include more than 60,430 books, 128 current journal subscriptions, over 2,550 audiovisual items, and over 11,804 items on microform. The Library has 29 online database subscriptions with 15 internet workstations for patrons to search Web-based databases.
- 75% of students are retained from Fall to Spring (Fall, 2008 - Spring, 2009)
- 53% of students are retained from Fall to Fall (Fall, 2008 - Fall, 2009)
- 93 occupational programs (includes degree, certificate, and diploma programs)
- 17 liberal arts/transfer programs
- 11 credit-free career training programs as well as hundreds of conferences, seminars, workshops, and business/industry customized training either on-campus or throughout the community
- Weekender degree program
- Credit for life experience
- Honors program
- Advanced placement
- Cooperative education
- NEPA Tech Prep Consortium
- 2+2+2 Program
- Workforce Investment Act
- Dual enrollment with 16 school districts
- Articulation agreements with 36 colleges and universities
- Custom-designed training programs for regional business and industry
- Plus50 Initiative
- Act 101 Program
- Key's Program
- Perkins Program
- Career services
- Counseling and advising services
- Services for students with disabilities
- Learning support services, including tutoring and skills seminars
- 48 student clubs and organizations
- Student Government Association and student leadership opportunities
- Student radio station, TV station, and literary magazine
- 9 intercollegiate athletics teams for men and women, intramurals and extramurals
Operating costs are shared among the students, county and the state. This translates roughly into each group being responsible for one-third the total cost.
President
Thomas Leary, President