New Castle, PA · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
New Castle School of Trades is a private for-profit institution in New Castle, PA, where the highest award offered is a associate's degree. It enrolls about 700 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 15:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: www.ncstrades.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at New Castle School of Trades is $23,310 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 182 Pennsylvania colleges that do report one is $26,753.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Jameson School of Nursing | Private nonprofit | 326 | $15,940 |
| Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy | Private for-profit | 15 | $16,500 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $44,814 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 76% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $9,567 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 62% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 39% |
| First-generation students | 56% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for New Castle School of Trades's largest program is $23,310 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
New Castle School of Trades enrolls about 700 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 15:1.
New Castle School of Trades is a private for-profit institution in New Castle, PA. Its highest award is a associate's degree, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. New Castle School of Trades does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at New Castle School of Trades are $44,814 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among New Castle School of Trades graduates who borrowed is $9,567, according to College Scorecard.