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Best Carpentry Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Carpentry Trade Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Carpentry School for You

With 38 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, carpentry is the #31 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Carpentry Trade Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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Check out the carpentry programs at this school if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Best Carpentry School

Our analysis found City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College to be the best school for carpentry students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best Carpentry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Carpentry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 16
Indiana 342
Wisconsin 144
Ohio 8

One of 6 majors within the trade school area of study, carpentry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Carpentry Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Carpentry/Carpenter 3,899

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 26,459
Building Management & Inspection 5,269
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,888
Construction 1,813
Masonry 284

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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