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2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,450 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,934 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Woodworking School for You

With 16 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, woodworking is the #267 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Woodworking Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which programs offered the best value experiences for woodworking students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Woodworking

$8,450 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology the best value school in Pennsylvania for woodworking students. Located in the small city of Lancaster, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 a year. Woodworking majors at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology take out an average of $11,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Out of the 2 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. CPI is a small public school located in the rural area of Pleasant Gap.

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Best Value Woodworking Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 4

More Woodworking Rankings in Pennsylvania

One of 5 majors within the area of study, woodworking has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 52,308
Other Precision Production 68
Leatherworking & Upholstery 54
Precision Production Trades 39
Boilermaking 13

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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