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2023 Most Popular Carpentry Trade Schools in Florida

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Finding the Best Carpentry School for You

With 80 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, carpentry is the #34 most popular major in Florida.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Carpentry Trade Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in Florida to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

Check out the carpentry programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Florida.

Our 2023 rankings named Erwin Technical College the most popular school in Florida for carpentry students. Located in the city of Tampa, Erwin Technical College is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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#2

Atlantic Technical College

Coconut Creek, FL

The excellent programs at Atlantic Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best carpentry schools in Florida. Located in the large suburb of Coconut Creek, Atlantic Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fort Myers Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Carpentry Trade Schools in Florida list. Fort Myers Technical College is a fairly small public school located in the small city of Fort Myers.

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#4

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pensacola State College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Carpentry Trade Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Pensacola, Pensacola State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at Suncoast Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best carpentry schools in Florida. Suncoast Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Sarasota.

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#6

Okaloosa Technical College

Fort Walton Beach, FL

Okaloosa Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for carpentry students. It came in at #6 on the list. Okaloosa Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Fort Walton Beach.

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Hillsborough Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular carpentry programs. Located in the city of Tampa, HCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Manatee Technical College

Bradenton, FL

Manatee Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for carpentry students. It came in at #8 on the list. MTC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Bradenton.

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Gadsden Technical Institute came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Carpentry Trade Schools in Florida ranking. Gadsden Technical Institute is a small public school located in the fringe town of Quincy.

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Florida Panhandle Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Carpentry Trade Schools in Florida ranking. Washington-Holmes Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Chipley.

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Best Carpentry Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 3
Georgia 333
Arkansas 2
North Carolina 61
Virginia 16
Louisiana 49
Alabama 51
Kentucky 426
Mississippi 42

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 14 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).

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