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2023 Most Popular Carpentry Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois
Finding the Best Carpentry Basic Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Carpentry Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate 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.
2023 Most Popular Carpentry Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for carpentry majors pursuing a basic certificate.
Most Popular Illinois Trade Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Carpentry
Our 2023 rankings named City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College the most popular school in Illinois for carpentry students working on their basic certificate. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.
Of the 62 students majoring in carpentry at Kennedy-King College, 81% are male and 19% are female.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Triton College is a great place for carpentry students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of River Grove, Triton College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Kaskaskia College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular carpentry schools in Illinois. Located in the rural area of Centralia, Kaskaskia College is a public college with a small student population.
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Explore all the Most Popular Carpentry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 16 |
Indiana | 342 |
Wisconsin | 144 |
Ohio | 8 |
Carpentry Related Majors
One of 6 majors within the trade school area of study, carpentry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Carpentry Concentrations
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 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.