New Castle School of Trades Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Private for-profit school
- New Castle, PA
- 700 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 New Castle School of Trades associate's programs report what graduates earn. Welding and Machining pays the most in the first year ($43,671), and Construction Finishing and Inspection the least ($31,601). The median program pays $37,213. New Castle School of Trades also has 4 certificate programs that report pay.
All 6 associate's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Pennsylvania programs in the field do too.
All 4 certificate programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Pennsylvania programs in the field do too.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Welding and Machining$43,671
- HVAC$38,074
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$37,509
- Other Mechanic and Repair Training$36,916
- Electrician Training$36,826
Lowest median debt
- HVAC$9,219
- Welding and Machining$9,931
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$11,470
- Electrician Training$12,000
- Other Mechanic and Repair Training$12,385
Largest programs
- Electrician TrainingAbout 60 graduates a year
- Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 51 graduates a year
- HVACAbout 36 graduates a year
- Construction Finishing and InspectionAbout 29 graduates a year
- Other Mechanic and Repair TrainingAbout 10 graduates a year
Common questions
Welding and Machining graduates earn a median of $43,671 in their first year, the most of 6 New Castle School of Trades associate's programs that report pay.
HVAC graduates leave with a median of $9,219 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 New Castle School of Trades associate's programs that report debt.
Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $23,310 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $8,361.
6 associate's programs and 4 certificate programs at New Castle School of Trades report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels