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2023 Best Value Carpentry Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$14,782 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,147 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Carpentry 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Carpentry Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Carpentry Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Carpentry

$8,450 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $8,450 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, carpentry majors at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology accumulate an average of around $7,962 in student debt.

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$9,900 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Delaware County Community College is a great value for carpentry students. Located in the suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Delaware County Community College are $9,900 a year.

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#3

Triangle Tech - Bethlehem

Bethlehem, PA
$18,500 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Triangle Tech - Bethlehem. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Schools in Pennsylvania list. Triangle Tech - Bethlehem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem are $18,500 a year. While working on their degree, carpentry majors at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem accumulate an average of around $16,000 in student debt.

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#4

Triangle Tech - Sunbury

Sunbury, PA
$18,615 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Triangle Tech - Sunbury helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best carpentry schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the rural area of Sunbury, Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a private for-profit school with a 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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#5

Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA
$18,446 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh is a great value for carpentry students. Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh are $18,446 a year. The average amount in student loans that carpentry majors at Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh take out is $20,000.

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#6

Orleans Technical College

Philadelphia, PA

Orleans Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value carpentry programs. Orleans Technical College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

After completing their degree, carpentry graduates from Orleans Technical College carry an average student debtload of $7,521.

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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

More Carpentry Rankings in Pennsylvania

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 6 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).

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