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2023 Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools

84 Colleges
$30,324 Avg Salary
$17,966 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Woodworking 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools ranking. This report analyzed 84 schools in the United States 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 Woodworking program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Woodworking Colleges.

#1

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Our analysis found Lee College to be the most popular school for woodworking students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Bennet Street School. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools list. Located in the city of Boston, North Bennet Street School is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Red Rocks Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools list. Red Rocks Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northcentral Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools list. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools list. Located in the rural area of Port Hadlock, Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbus Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools list. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Columbus.

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Northwest-Shoals Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for woodworking students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Muscle Shoals, NW-SCC is a public college with a small student population.

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Rhode Island School of Design ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

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With a ranking of #9, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for woodworking students. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Lancaster.

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With a ranking of #9, Madison Area Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for woodworking students. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Uintah Basin Technical College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools ranking. UBTech is a small public school located in the remote town of Roosevelt.

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#11

The Landing School

Arundel, ME

The Landing School ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools list. The Landing School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Arundel.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Woodworking students that almost earned our Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools award.

Rank College Location
13 Erwin Technical College Tampa, FL
14 Michigan Career and Technical Institute Plainwell, MI
15 Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC
15 Palomar College San Marcos, CA
15 Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park, MN

Woodworking by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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

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 26 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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