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2023 Most Popular Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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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.

The Most Popular Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the United States to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular 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 Basic Certificate Colleges.

#1

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lee College the most popular school in the United States for woodworking students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwest-Shoals Community College is a great place for woodworking students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Muscle Shoals, NW-SCC is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in woodworking at NW-SCC, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Red Rocks Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lakewood.

About 7% of the students majoring in woodworking at the school are women while 93% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Uintah Basin Technical College is a great place for woodworking students working on their basic certificate. UBTech is a small public school located in the town of Roosevelt.

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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 Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Columbus.

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Northcentral Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for woodworking students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

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#7

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Hennepin Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for woodworking students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park.

Women make up 29% of the woodworking majors at the school.

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#8

Palomar College

San Marcos, CA

Palomar College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Palomar College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Marcos.

Of the 17 students majoring in woodworking at Palomar College, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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#9

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

Cape Fear Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. CFCC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

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Ingram State Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for woodworking students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Deatsville, ISTC is a public college with a fairly 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
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 30 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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