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2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$16,003 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,186 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Carpentry Associate Degree School for You

With 109 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, carpentry is the #173 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for carpentry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Check out the carpentry associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Carpentry

Our 2023 rankings named Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology the best value school in Pennsylvania for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, carpentry majors at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology accumulate an average of around $8,634 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#2

Triangle Tech - Bethlehem

Bethlehem, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Triangle Tech - Bethlehem. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Triangle Tech - Bethlehem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem are $18,500 per year. The average amount in student loans that carpentry majors at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem take out while working on their Associate Degree is $14,876.

Full Carpentry at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem Report

#3

Triangle Tech - Sunbury

Sunbury, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Triangle Tech - Sunbury. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the rural area of Sunbury, Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Triangle Tech - Sunbury are $18,615 a year.

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#4

Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

The excellent associate degree programs at Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value carpentry schools in Pennsylvania. Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh are $18,446 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, carpentry majors at Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh accumulate an average of around $19,114 in student debt.

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Best Value Carpentry Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Carpentry Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 25

One of 6 majors within the area of study, carpentry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 23,527
Building Management & Inspection 4,511
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,617
Construction 1,435
Masonry 274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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