New Castle School of Trades

New Castle, PA · For-profit · 700 undergrads · website ↗

Open admission
$25 application fee

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

Not published

This college doesn't report a transfer rate to the Department of Education. That means unknown — not zero. Ask them directly.

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$8,038
$30,000 – $48,000	$9,904
$48,000 – $75,000	$6,822
$75,000 – $110,000	$12,817
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	$8,361

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use New Castle School of Trades's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Outcomes

Completion rate: 76%
Students with Pell grants: 62%
Earnings @ 10yr: $44,814
Median debt: $9,567

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $25
Students per faculty member: 15 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 47%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (6)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers	66	$46,855	$54,636national $70,808	$11,987
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians	52	$38,811	$49,887national $58,424	$10,564
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection	35	$27,343	—national $59,378	$8,571
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)	27	$42,021	$53,648national $58,236	$11,981
Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other	5	$46,153	$63,098national $53,607	—
Precision Metal Working	4	$46,605	$56,532national $56,451	—

Undergraduate certificates (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Ground Transportation	138	$53,061	$52,611national $52,118	$5,500
Precision Metal Working	38	$39,489	$42,304national $48,702	$9,761
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians	27	$41,129	—national $62,199	$8,352
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)	7	$38,516	—national $48,148	—
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection	—	—	$25,187national $42,012	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. These figures are calculated for all 3 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in PA

Lackawanna CollegeScranton27%Manor CollegeJenkintown23.3%Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport16.3%Saint Joseph's University - LancasterLancaster10.9%

Contact and accreditation

Address: 4117 Pulaksi Road, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 964-8811
Institutional accreditor: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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