• 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.

• Approximately 16,000 students taking credit and noncredit courses.
• 6,323 credit students (Fall 2007)

Student Characteristics

• 51% attend full-time / 49% attend part-time
• 60% are females / 40% are males
• 73% live in Luzerne County
• 55% are enrolled in transfer programs / 45% are enrolled in occupational programs
• 997 individuals enrolled in distance learning/hybrid courses

• 887 degrees, certificates, and diplomas were awarded to 880 individuals in 2006-2007
• 23,379 individuals have received associate degrees, certificates, or diplomas since 1967

• 49 full-time faculty
• 108 part-time faculty
• 259 administrative and support staff

• 87 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

Day, evening and weekend classes for full-time and part-time students.

Distance Learning program with over 100 online offerings in credit and several hundred offerings in credit-free online programming.

• Associate in Arts (A.A.)
• Associate in Science (A.S.)
• Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)
• Certificate in Specialization
• Diploma

• Operating budget of $35,092,436
• Income is derived from federal, state, and local governments, student tuition, vending services, and bookstore
• Student tuition is $80 per semester hour for in-county residents

• The College has over 1,250 personal computers, 900 of which are located in 40 academic labs.
• More than 50% 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.

• Main Campus, 1333 South Prospect Street, Nanticoke, PA
• Corporate Learning Center, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre PA
• Hazleton Center, 100 West Broad Street, Suite 108, Hazleton, PA
• Berwick Center, Eagles Building, 107 South Market Street, Berwick, PA
• Northumberland Regional Higher Education Center, 2 East Arch Street, Shamokin, PA & Kulpmont Center, 1100 Spruce Street, Kulpmont, PA
• Evening classes offered at High School locations in Carbondale, Elk Lake, Scranton, Susquehanna, Old Forge, Pittston, & Honesdale

• Library collections include more than 56,000 books, 217 current journal subscriptions, over 2,840 audiovisual items, and over 11,600 items on microform.
• The Library has 18 online database subscriptions with 8 internet workstations for patrons to search Web-based databases.

• 89 occupational programs (includes degree, certificate, and diploma programs)
• 16 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
• 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

• Act 101 Program
• Perkins Program
• New Choices/New Options Career Development Program
• Career services
• Counseling and advising services
• Services for students with disabilities
• Learning support services, including tutoring and skills seminars

• 24 student clubs and organizations
• Student Government Association and student leadership opportunities
• Student newspaper, radio station, TV station, and literary magazine
• 10 intercollegiate athletics teams for men and women, intramurals and extramurals