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2023 Best Value Carpentry Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Carpentry Basic Certificate School for You
Carpentry is the #18 most popular major in Iowa with 97 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Carpentry Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Carpentry Basic Certificate School
Our 2023 rankings named Western Iowa Tech Community College the best value school in Iowa for carpentry students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,922 per year.
Western Iowa Tech Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Carpentry Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa list.
Request InformationBest Value Carpentry Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Carpentry Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 201 |
Missouri | 15 |
Minnesota | 197 |
South Dakota | 0 |
North Dakota | 21 |
Nebraska | 6 |
Carpentry Related Majors for Carpentry
Carpentry is one of 6 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Carpentry Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Carpentry/Carpenter | 3,899 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Carpentry
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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.