Program Payoff

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 23 certificate and associate programs, public. 23 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Pennsylvania.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $10,966 $53,358 (71) $48,180
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Associate's degree $53,358 (13) $164,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Precision Metal Working Associate's degree $12,000 $46,193 (67) $52,900
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Architectural Sciences and Technology Associate's degree $42,682 (20) $164,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) Associate's degree $8,977 $42,235 (46) $62,400
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other Associate's degree $41,937 (14)
Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services Associate's degree $39,729 (17) $81,540
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $11,940 $38,649 (24) $64,800
Architectural and Civil Drafters
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other Associate's degree $8,903 $38,289 (34)
Woodworking Associate's degree $9,373 $36,312 (17) $44,980
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $10,610 $32,925 (33) $49,800
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Carpenters Associate's degree $7,231 $31,670 (43) $59,370
Carpenters
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers Undergraduate certificate $5,500 $30,771 (19) $81,540
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Graphic Communications Associate's degree $8,000 $30,119 (18) $47,010
Printing Press Operators
Mason/Masonry Associate's degree $29,685 (11) $81,540
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Business Administration, Management and Operations Associate's degree $21,052 (14) $103,130
General and Operations Managers
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection Associate's degree not published $49,290
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Computer Engineering Associate's degree not published $126,550
Software Developers
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $62,400
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $52,900
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Mason/Masonry Undergraduate certificate not published $81,540
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $49,800
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Precision Metal Working Undergraduate certificate not published $52,900
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.