Lackawanna, Peirce Announce Plans to Merge

Lackawanna College and Peirce College, two adult-oriented institutions in Pennsylvania, plan to join forces in a merger, the institutions announced Wednesday morning.

Separated by a little more than a two-hour drive, Lackawanna is located in Scranton and Peirce in Philadelphia. But both institutions have long focused on the adult learner population in a demographically challenged state. While Lackawanna is primarily a two-year college with limited bachelor’s degree options, Peirce offers a mix of two- and four-year degrees and several master’s programs and graduate certificates.

Now the two institutions are set to become one, an effort that must still be approved by their shared accreditor, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, as well as the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education.