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Most Popular Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges
$34,186 Avg Salary
$12,830 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Carpentry Associate Degree School for You

With 38 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, carpentry is the #31 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Carpentry program at each school on the list.


 

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Carpentry Associate Degree Colleges.

#1

Kaskaskia College

Centralia, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Kaskaskia College the most popular school in Illinois for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Centralia, Kaskaskia College is a public college with a small student population.

Full Carpentry at Kaskaskia College Report

#2

Waubonsee Community College

Sugar Grove, IL

The in-demand associate degree programs at Waubonsee Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular carpentry schools in Illinois. Located in the rural area of Sugar Grove, Waubonsee is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Carpentry at Waubonsee Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Carpentry Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois list. SWIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Belleville.

Read full report on Carpentry at Southwestern Illinois College

Best Carpentry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 16
Indiana 342
Wisconsin 144
Ohio 8

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 3 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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