2023 Best Value Carpentry Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Carpentry School for You
Carpentry is the #30 most popular major in the country with 3,273 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Carpentry Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for carpentry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Carpentry Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Carpentry Colleges.
Top 10 Best Carpentry Schools
Our analysis found Western Technical College to be the best value school for carpentry students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Western Technical College are $6,687 a year.
Out of the 39 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.
Western Iowa Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,826 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rochester Community and Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Schools list. Located in the city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
Rochester Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,372 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Trade Schools list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a great value for carpentry students. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,683 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Southwest Tech is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Trade Schools list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Schools list. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College also did well on our Best Carpentry Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
With a ranking of #6, Bismarck State College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for carpentry students. BSC is a small public school located in the small city of Bismarck.
BSC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,930 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, BSC is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Trade Schools list.
St Cloud Technical and Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for carpentry students. It came in at #7 on the list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.
St Cloud Technical and Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,874 in tuition and fees each year.
St Cloud Technical and Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Carpentry Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Ridgewater College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Schools list. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the town of Willmar.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ridgewater College are $5,914 a year.
Des Moines Area Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for carpentry students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population.
DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,440 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, Northland Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for carpentry students. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Thief River Falls.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northland Community and Technical College are $6,052 per year.
Carpentry by Region
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Majors Related to Carpentry
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 | 3,273 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Carpentry
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 23,527 |
| Building Management & Inspection | 4,511 |
| Plumbing & Water Supply | 2,617 |
| Construction | 1,435 |
| Masonry | 274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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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