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2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$11,853 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,186 Avg Salary

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.

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

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the United States for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Ivy Tech Community College is a very 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 also claimed a spot on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bismarck State College is a great value for carpentry students working on their associate degree. 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 also made our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value carpentry schools in the United States. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Lancaster.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $8,450 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, carpentry graduates from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology carry an average student debtload of $8,336.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Carpentry at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Report

#4

Lake Superior College

Duluth, MN

The excellent associate degree programs at Lake Superior College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value carpentry schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Duluth, LSC is a public college with a small student population.

LSC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,404 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Carpentry at Lake Superior College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Manhattan Area Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. MATC is a fairly small public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MATC are $8,400 per year.

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Honolulu Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree carpentry programs. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Honolulu CC are $8,310 a year.

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Los Angeles Trade Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for carpentry students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a large public school located in the 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.

Full Carpentry at Los Angeles Trade Technical College Report

#8

Triangle Tech - Bethlehem

Bethlehem, PA

Triangle Tech - Bethlehem did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for carpentry students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Triangle Tech - Bethlehem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the 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.

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#9

Triangle Tech - Sunbury

Sunbury, PA

With a ranking of #9, Triangle Tech - Sunbury did quite well on this year’s best value schools for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Sunbury, Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Triangle Tech - Sunbury are $18,701 per year.

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#10

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, MO

Ranken Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for carpentry students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

Ranken Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,960 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, carpentry graduates from Ranken Technical College carry an average student debtload of $12,097.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ranken Technical College is in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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Carpentry by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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 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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