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Best Value Carpentry Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

2023 Best Value Carpentry Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,604 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,206 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Carpentry Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 144 degrees and certificates were awarded to carpentry students who went to a Wisconsin college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Carpentry Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Carpentry

#1

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

Our analysis found Western Technical College to be the best value school for carpentry students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Wisconsin. Located in the city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Technical College are $4,636 per year. Carpentry majors at Western Technical College take out an average of $5,839 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Out of the 2 schools in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southwest Tech are $4,571 a year.

Southwest Tech also took the #1 spot in our Best Carpentry Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin rankings.

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Best Value Carpentry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 16
Indiana 342
Ohio 8
Illinois 38

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 2 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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