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2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Carpentry Associate Degree School for You
In 2021-2022, 3,899 people earned a degree or certificate in carpentry, making the major the #30 most popular in the United States.
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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the United States to see which associate degree 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 Associate Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the carpentry associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools
Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for carpentry students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. 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. While working on their Associate Degree, carpentry majors at Ivy Tech Community College accumulate an average of around $8,630 in student debt.
Ivy Tech Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools list.
Out of the 11 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the # 2 spot on the list. BSC is a small public school located in the city of Bismarck.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BSC are $7,227 per year.
BSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, carpentry graduates from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology carry an average student debtload of $8,336.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also did well on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lake Superior College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Duluth, LSC is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LSC are $6,404 per year.
The excellent associate degree programs at Manhattan Area Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value carpentry schools in the United States. MATC is a fairly small public school located in the small city of Manhattan.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MATC are $8,400 a year.
With a ranking of #6, Honolulu Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the large city of Honolulu.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Honolulu CC are $8,310 per year.
Los Angeles Trade Technical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree carpentry programs. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $9,870 a year.
Triangle Tech - Bethlehem landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree carpentry programs. Triangle Tech - Bethlehem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
Triangle Tech - Bethlehem undergraduate students pay an average of $18,593 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, carpentry majors at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem accumulate an average of around $14,193 in student debt.
Triangle Tech - Sunbury came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the rural area of Sunbury, Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Triangle Tech - Sunbury undergraduate students pay an average of $18,701 in tuition and fees each year.
Ranken Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree carpentry programs. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ranken Technical College are $16,960 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, carpentry graduates from Ranken Technical College carry an average student debtload of $12,097.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ranken Technical College also is in the top 1% of our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking.
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 | 3,899 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Carpentry
| 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 averages are for the top 11 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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