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Most Popular Carpentry Trade Schools in Florida

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 school with a fairly small student population.

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#2

Atlantic Technical College

Coconut Creek, FL

Out of the 14 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Atlantic Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Coconut Creek, Atlantic Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Fort Myers Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best carpentry schools in Florida. Fort Myers Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Fort Myers.

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#4

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, FL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Pensacola State College is a great place for carpentry students. Located in the small city of Pensacola, Pensacola State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Suncoast Technical College is a great place for carpentry students. Suncoast Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Sarasota.

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#6

Okaloosa Technical College

Fort Walton Beach, FL

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

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With a ranking of #7, Hillsborough Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for carpentry students. Located in the city of Tampa, HCC is a public school with a large student population.

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#8

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 suburb of Bradenton.

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With a ranking of #8, Gadsden Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for carpentry students. Gadsden Technical Institute is a fairly small public school located in the town of Quincy.

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Florida Panhandle Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular carpentry programs. 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

Explore all the Most Popular Carpentry Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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