Keystone College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Postbaccalaureate certificate
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Keystone College Academics

Keystone College is unique in its study options. Moreover, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. An instance of this, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Weekend College. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Keystone College.

Popular majors:

thirty percent business per marketing, twelve percent liberal arts, twelve percent visual and performing arts, eleven percent family and consumer sciences, seven percent personal and miscellaneous services, seven percent security and protective services, six percent computer and information sciences, six percent health professions, five percent communications per journalism, twenty-seven percent business per marketing, twenty-one percent education, fourteen percent computer and information sciences, fourteen percent security and protective services, twelve percent parks and recreation, eight percent communications per journalism

Personal and Culinary Services:

Culinary Arts/Chef Training, Culinary Arts/Related Services, Restaurant/Catering Management

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies, Criminalistics/Criminal Science, Forensic Technologies, Law Enforcement Administration

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Clinical Laboratory Science, Cytotechnology, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Health Services – General, Medical Radiologic Technology, Predentistry, Premedicine, Prenursing, Prepharmacy, Preveterinary Medicine, Radiologic Technology/Medical Imaging, Recreational Therapy

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Environmental Biology, Wildlife Biology

Communications & Journalism:

Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio/Television

Social Sciences:

Social Sciences – General

Computer Science:

Computer Networking/Telecommunications, Computer Programming – General, Computer Programming – Vendor/Product Certification, Computer Systems Analysis, Computer/Information Sciences – General, Data Processing Technology, Information Sciences/Systems, Information Technology, Networking/LAN/WAN Management, System Administration

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Ceramics, Commercial/Advertising Art, Drawing, Fine/Studio Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Accounting/Business Management, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Hotel/Motel Management, Human Resources Management, Management Information Systems, Resort Management, Restaurant/Food Services Management

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

recreation & fitness – general, Parks/Leisure Facilities Management, Sport/Fitness Administration

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biological/Physical Sciences, Natural Sciences

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Education – General, Elementary Education, multiple levels

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $325 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall. Furthermore, for international students, the application fee is 25. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of June. Still, for non-international students, tutition fees are $15,020 Room & Board (on-campus) $7,790 Additional estimated expenses $1,500 Costs per credit hour $325 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid. Other additional expenses amounted to $1,500 Costs per credit hour $325 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid.

Keystone College Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, twenty-five dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. Specifically, there were one hundred and seventy-one total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and sixty-five total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 91% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 66%. Remember that this can change at any time.

For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of June. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of May. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. Transfer students must apply no later than the 1st of August, with priority applications due on the 1st of June. The regular application is due the 1st of July. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of May. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of July and the SAT subject section score is due the 1st of July.

Keystone College Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Leadership and State/District Residency. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Job Skills, Leadership and ROTC. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and State aid form.

Keystone College Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, five hundred and sixty-eight degree-seeking undergrads and three hundred and sixty-one first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Further, the student body consists of eighty-nine percent in-state students, eleven percent out-of-state students, three percent part-time students, fifty-three percent women, forty-seven percent men, one percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, two percent hispanic, eighty-two percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, eleven percent race per ethnicity unreported, three percent in top 10th of graduating class, seventeen percent in top quarter of graduating class and forty-nine percent in top half of graduating class. Keystone College offers Associate and Bachelor’s degrees. The university is a Private, Junior College, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Coed, where 91 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Additionally, it is part of an Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus.

Students should note the housing policies: Guaranteed On-Campus Housing For All Undergraduates, thirty percent of first-year students live in college housing, twenty percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Anyway, the school is located 15 miles from Scranton.Besides, the university has many unique facilites such as observatory, children’s center, Microsoft certified systems engineer training site, water discovery center, urban forestry center, restaurant (operated by culinary students), delayed harvest trout stream, Cisco training site, countryside conservancy. This school features the Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus.

Keystone College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Golf
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball