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2023 Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,153 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Woodworking Basic Certificate School for You

Woodworking is the #47 most popular major in the country with 435 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for woodworking students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the woodworking basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Woodworking

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for woodworking students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Central Technical College are $5,512 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Central Technical College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Woodworking at Northcentral Technical College

The excellent basic certificate programs at Moraine Park Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value woodworking schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Fond du Lac, Moraine Park Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Moraine Park Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,793 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Moraine Park Technical College is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Woodworking at Moraine Park Technical College

Best Woodworking Colleges by State

Explore the best woodworking colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 19
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 52
Ohio 0
Illinois 0

One of 5 majors within the trade school area of study, woodworking has other similar majors worth exploring.

Woodworking Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Cabinetmaking & Millwork 340
Furniture Design & Manufacturing 42
General Woodworking 38
Other Woodworking 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 54,790
Other Precision Production 67
Leatherworking & Upholstery 46
Precision Production Trades 44
Boilermaking 29

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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