2023 Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Carpentry/Carpenter is the 629th most popular major in the country with 3,273 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 349 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 109 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in carpentry/carpenter. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent carpentry/carpenter programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the carpentry/carpenter program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate”.
Top 4 Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s carpentry degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 36 of the 1,227 students enrolled at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology were GI Bill® students, of which 18 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,604. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology]](/colleges/thaddeus-stevens-college-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Triangle Tech - Bethlehem landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this small private for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified associates’s carpentry students in 2020-2021.
Triangle Tech - Bethlehem not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.According to our most recent data, Triangle Tech - Bethlehem supports 131 students, and 33 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 25 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,107. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem]](/colleges/triangle-tech-inc-bethlehem/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private for-profit school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified associates’s carpentry students in 2020-2021.
Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.According to our most recent data, Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh supports 109 students, and 34 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 27 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,398. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh]](/colleges/triangle-tech-inc-pittsburgh/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Triangle Tech - Sunbury. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Carpentry for an Associate. Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a small private for-profit school situated in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. It awarded 11 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
Triangle Tech - Sunbury also took the #4 spot in our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 12 of the 53 students enrolled at Triangle Tech - Sunbury were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,983. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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