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2023 Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Colleges.
Best 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 United States for woodworking students working on their basic certificate. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Wausau.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Central Technical College are $5,512 per year.
North Central Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hennepin Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.
Hennepin Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,881 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Hennepin Technical College also is in the top 20% of our Best Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Moraine Park Technical College is a great value for woodworking students working on their basic certificate. Moraine Park Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Fond du Lac.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Moraine Park Technical College are $6,793 a 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 list.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Savannah Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value woodworking schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of Savannah, Savannah Tech is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Savannah Tech are $5,442 per year.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Central New Mexico Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value woodworking schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CNM are $7,978 a year.
Woodworking by Region
View the Best Value Woodworking Basic Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.
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| Southeast |
| New England |
| Rocky Mountains |
| Plains States |
| Middle Atlantic |
| Far Western US |
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| Other U.S. Territories |
| Great Lakes |
Majors Related to Woodworking
Woodworking is one of 5 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Woodworking Focus Areas
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Cabinetmaking & Millwork | 340 |
| Furniture Design & Manufacturing | 42 |
| General Woodworking | 38 |
| Other Woodworking | 15 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Woodworking
| 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 5 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.