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2023 Best Woodworking Associate Degree Trade Schools

3 Colleges
$37,934 Avg Salary
$11,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Woodworking Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 423 people earned a degree or certificate in woodworking, making the major the #47 most popular in the United States.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Woodworking Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Woodworking Associate Degree Colleges.

Top Trade Schools for an Associate in Woodworking

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral Technical College the best school in the United States for woodworking students working on their associate degree. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best woodworking schools in the United States. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

After completing their Associate Degree, woodworking graduates from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology carry an average student debtload of $13,760.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Maine Community College is a great place for woodworking students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Woodworking by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Woodworking is one of 5 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Woodworking Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Cabinetmaking & Millwork 280
Furniture Design & Manufacturing 57
General Woodworking 42
Wooden Boatbuilding Technology 30
Other Woodworking 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 52,308
Other Precision Production 68
Leatherworking & Upholstery 54
Precision Production Trades 39
Boilermaking 13

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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