2023 Best Value Carpentry Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges

$10,410 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Carpentry Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 349 degrees and certificates were awarded to carpentry students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Best Value Carpentry Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for carpentry 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. 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.

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Carpentry

Delaware County Community College

Media, PA

$10,410 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Delaware County Community College to be the best value school for carpentry students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Pennsylvania. Located in the large suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Delaware County Community College are $10,410 a year.

Orleans Technical College

Philadelphia, PA

27 Basic Certificates

The excellent basic certificate programs at Orleans Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value carpentry schools in Pennsylvania. Orleans Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Best Value Carpentry Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
New York	36
New Jersey	3

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

Carpentry Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Carpentry/Carpenter	3,899

Majors Similar to Carpentry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers	26,459
Building Management & Inspection	5,269
Plumbing & Water Supply	2,888
Construction	1,813
Masonry	284

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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