Johnson College
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Johnson College is a private
, coeducational two-year college located in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Johnson College was founded in 1912 as a trade school by Orlando S. Johnson, a wealthy coal
baron. Over the years it has evolved to college status.
The college offers 13 associate degree programs of study that provide students with general education courses as part of a degree program in their technology field.
The average student to faculty ratio is 17:1 allowing for a more personalized learning environment. Students leave Johnson with a 97% placement rate based on the 2007 graduating class. Johnson College welcomed it’s largest freshmen class in the fall of 2010 for a total enrollment of 471 students.
On the 41 acres (165,921.3 m²) campus are classrooms, laboratories, administrative offices, and student housing units. A library, clinic, cafeteria, student center, exercise room, and gymnasium are facilities provided to complement the students' college experience.
Johnson College competes in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference. They offer men's basketball, cross country, and bowling.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, coeducational two-year college located in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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Johnson College was founded in 1912 as a trade school by Orlando S. Johnson, a wealthy coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
baron. Over the years it has evolved to college status.
The college offers 13 associate degree programs of study that provide students with general education courses as part of a degree program in their technology field.
- Architectural Drafting & Design Technology
- Automotive Technology
- Biomedical Equipment Technology
- Carpentry & Cabinetmaking Technology
- Computer Information Technology
- Diesel Truck Technology
- Distribution & Supply Logistics Technology
- Electronic Technology
- Electrical Construction & Maintenance Technology
- Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Technology
- Precision Machining Technology
- Radiologic Technology
- Veterinary Technology
The average student to faculty ratio is 17:1 allowing for a more personalized learning environment. Students leave Johnson with a 97% placement rate based on the 2007 graduating class. Johnson College welcomed it’s largest freshmen class in the fall of 2010 for a total enrollment of 471 students.
On the 41 acres (165,921.3 m²) campus are classrooms, laboratories, administrative offices, and student housing units. A library, clinic, cafeteria, student center, exercise room, and gymnasium are facilities provided to complement the students' college experience.
Johnson College competes in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference. They offer men's basketball, cross country, and bowling.