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Lackawanna College maintains several locations in northeastern and central Pennsylvania as part of our mission to help educate and improve the lives of all our students. We don’t want distance from our main campus in Scranton to stop someone from getting the education they need to get ahead.
With that in mind, we encourage students looking for educational opportunities near Tunkhannock, PA, to enroll in one of the degree programs at our Tunkhannock Center. We offer a wide range of associate degrees and certificate programs here.
Students who attend the Lackawanna College Tunkhannock Center will be able to earn their degree completely in Tunkhannock for certain majors or start in Tunkhannock and finish at our Scranton campus to complete their full requirements for other majors.
The Tunkhannock Center is located in the Tioga West Plaza on business Route 6. Students have access to dedicated classroom space and a computer lab. Associate degree and certificate programs available in Tunkhannock include business, professional studies, human services, criminal justice, and petroleum and natural gas.
The Tunkhannock Center provides a high-quality education for students located in Wyoming, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Bradford, Sullivan, and Susquehanna counties.
Enroll at the Lackawanna College Tunkhannock Center today!
Students looking at the Tunkhannock Center for their education will want to know what sets us apart from other colleges near Tunkhannock.
We offer a number of degree programs in subjects that are vital to securing meaningful employment in growing professional fields. Below, you can see the associate degrees and certificates offered at our Tunkhannock Center.
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Online Bookkeeping Administration Expert
This accelerated program is designed to give the student a strong knowledge of Bookkeeping procedures that will include tasks related to recording financial transactions, maintaining records, creating statements, and tracking customer or client accounts. In addition, students will learn to create companies, work with sales and receivables, payables and purchases, budgets & end-of-period procedures using the QuickBooks Professional software.
THE SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
Do you have a technical mind? Do you enjoy fixing things? Do you think you can work alongside engineers and other technicians to keep natural resources flowing where they need to go?
If so, then Lackawanna College’s School of Petroleum & Natural Gas at our Tunkhannock Center may be for you!
Through rigorous training in your area of interest, you can earn degrees to become a gas or petroleum technician. Gas and oil are growing industries that pay well and offer plenty of entry-level job opportunities.
At Lackawanna College, we want to help you achieve your educational dreams, whatever they may be.
Students who live near our Hazleton Center can enroll in one of our degree or certificate programs at the School of Petroleum & Natural Gas today!
THE GREAT CREW CHANGE
The American Petroleum Institute recently stated that an industry phenomenon known as the “Great Crew Change” could see up to 50% of the oil and natural gas industry’s skilled workers retire within the next five to seven years!
Our associate degree programs answer the industry’s need for a trained workforce in all sectors of the petroleum and natural gas industry. These not only include drilling and completion of wells but also moving petroleum and natural gas to distributors for delivery to customers.
WHAT DO OUR PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS PROGRAMS INVOLVE?
DEGREE PROGRAMS
Lackawanna College offers two associate-level tracks at our School of Petroleum & Natural Gas:
The business administration track educates students in the business practices employed by oil and gas companies. You’ll still learn about the discovery, drilling, processing, and supplying of these natural resources, but you’ll be taught the business principles that go along with them.
The idea is that you will be prepared to enter the oil and natural gas industry with the skills to work in accounting, financial, management, human resources, or marketing positions.
Meanwhile, the technology track trains students to become certified operations technicians in the petroleum and natural gas industries.
As gas technicians or petroleum technicians, students will produce and process oil and natural gas. Lackawanna’s program educates students in the procedures by which oil and gas make it from the ground to processing plants to people’s homes and businesses. Students learn about drilling, compression, pipelining, and safety, among other subjects.
Students also get the chance to intern in the field for four weeks with an oil and gas employer. All of this training together will prepare graduates for fruitful careers in oil and gas technology no matter where they go.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
- Petroleum & Natural Gas Compressor/Engine Mechanic Certificate
- Petroleum & Natural Gas Technician Certificate
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS CAREER OPTIONS
Once students graduate from either one of our petroleum and natural gas degree programs, they will have options regarding where they work. Graduates may find work at an operating company that produces these resources, a drilling company that employs technicians onshore and offshore, or service-based companies that work with oil and natural gas.
What can students expect for an oil or natural gas technician salary? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median pay for geological and petroleum technicians in 2019 was $51,130. The BLS projected in 2019 that this industry as a whole would grow by about 5 percent between 2019 and 2029.
WHY CHOOSE THE SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS?
The Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas is a location completely dedicated to the oil and gas industry that prepares graduates to be effective employees from day one. Students learn in high-quality lab facilities and work directly with equipment to get the hands-on experience they need to enter the field.
With classes built around engineering principles and industry direction and a dedicated faculty and staff with industry experience, students receive up-to-date information and have a leg up on the career ladder.
Nearly 93% of School of PNG graduates are hired by major exploration and production (E & P), Midstream and Pipeline companies. Our degree paths and certificate programs produce field technologists and technicians that closes the gap between certificate/AAS Vo-tech programs and petroleum engineering programs.
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAMS
Major E & P and Midstream companies–including Cabot Oil and Gas, Chesapeake Energy, EXCO Resources, Baker Hughes, Williams, DTE Energy, Exterran, TEAM Oil Tools, Linde Corporation, Ariel Corporation, and Mid-Con Energy Partners–have made significant contributions.
HALLMARKS OF THE SCHOOL’S VISION
- Prepare graduates to be effective employees from day one. Ninety-three percent of our graduates are hired by major E & P, Midstream, and Pipeline companies that return to campus each year to hire our interns and graduates.
- A curriculum built on engineering principles and industry direction.
- Produce field technologists and technicians through education that closes the gap between certificate/AAS Vo-tech programs and petroleum engineering programs.
- A strong and aggressive internship and job placement program.
- Dedicated administration and faculty with the academic credentials, industry experience, and skills to manage and support a program of the highest caliber.
- High-quality lab facilities and equipment that provide students with hands-on practice.
- Offer experiential learning trips several times each semester through industry partnerships.
- Maintain a campus that is focused and dedicated to the oil and gas industry.
- Provide industry-related activities, including the student chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Women In Shale Energy.
- A selective, competitive admissions process.
APPLY TO OUR SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS TODAY
A degree from Lackawanna College’s School of Petroleum & Natural Gas gives students the training to go out and start their careers in these growing natural resources industries. Our degree programs cover all the most modern training and safety measures you will need to succeed in the field you have chosen.
Enroll in a degree or certificate program at our Hazleton Center’s School of Petroleum & Natural Gas today!
WHY CHOOSE THE TUNKHANNOCK CENTER?
So, why choose the Lackawanna College Tunkhannock Center when searching for the college that is right for you.
Located in the picturesque countryside of Wyoming County, our Tunkhannock location offers associate degrees and certificate programs in some of the most high-demand fields.
The Center is also the new home of the Lackawanna College School of Petroleum and Natural Gas, which prepares graduates to be effective employees in every aspect of the petroleum and natural gas industry from day one. These are quickly growing industries that will need plenty of educated and skilled workers in the coming years.
Students learn in high-quality lab facilities and work directly with equipment to get the hands-on experience they need to enter these professions.
ENROLL AT THE LACKAWANNA COLLEGE TUNKHANNOCK CENTER NOW
Students who live in and around Tunkhannock and are looking for high-quality colleges in Wyoming County will find what they’re looking for at the Lackawanna College Tunkhannock Center.
With associate degrees and certificates available in specialties such as business, criminal justice, professional studies, and human services--not to mention petroleum and natural gas technology at the School of Petroleum and Natural Gas--our Tunkhannock Center offers students plenty of opportunities for getting educated in the subjects that will take them far in their careers.
Enroll in a program at our Tunkhannock Center today!
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420 Tioga West Plaza, Suite 104
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
(570) 866-1900
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Tunkhannock Center
420 Tioga West Plaza, Suite 104
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
PHONE: (570) 866-1900
