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Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in Michigan

2023 Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in Michigan

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Finding the Best Woodworking School for You

In 2021-2022, 19 degrees and certificates were awarded to woodworking students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Michigan 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.

Our analysis found Michigan Career and Technical Institute to be the most popular school for woodworking students who want to pursue a degree in Michigan. Michigan Career and Technical Institute is a small public school located in the rural area of Plainwell.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Macomb Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in Michigan list. Located in the medium-sized city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Washtenaw Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Washtenaw Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor.

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The excellent programs at North Central Michigan College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best woodworking schools in Michigan. NCMC is a small public school located in the rural area of Petoskey.

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Best Woodworking Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 52
Ohio 0
Illinois 0

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 4 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).

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