Program entity

New Castle School of Trades

New Castle, Pennsylvania · Private for-profit institution

Address 4117 Pulaksi Road, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone (724) 964-8811
Website https://www.ncstrades.edu/
Tuition (in-state) Not available
Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
Program total cost $23,310
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 48 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located No (No AWS ATF facility found in this city+state in the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025, 200 domestic facilities) -- not a gap, a computed negative match.)

Program details

What this program covers

New Castle School of Trades' Combination Welding program (New Castle campus) takes 50 weeks and is offered in day and evening formats. Training covers TIG, MIG, arc (stick), oxy-fuel, and flux-core welding plus blueprint reading, fabrication, and welding math, following ASME and AWS specifications. Graduates receive a diploma of completion and are prepared for roles as combination welders, fabricators, repair/pipeline/pipe/construction welders; the school offers job placement assistance.

Processes taught TIG, MIG, stick/SMAW, flux-core, oxy-fuel
Credential types Diploma of completion
Program length 50 weeks
Schedule Day and evening
Certifications prepped Training follows ASME and AWS specifications

Source: https://www.ncstrades.edu/, retrieved 2026-08-05

Sources & provenance

Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04