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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 2023 rankings named Michigan Career and Technical Institute the most popular school in Michigan for woodworking students. Michigan Career and Technical Institute is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Plainwell.

Full Woodworking at Michigan Career and Technical Institute Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Macomb Community College is a great place for woodworking students. Located in the city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washtenaw Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in Michigan list. Washtenaw Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Ann Arbor.

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Out of the 4 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central Michigan College landed the # 4 spot on the list. NCMC is a small public school located in the rural area of Petoskey.

Full Woodworking at North Central Michigan College Report

Best Woodworking Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Woodworking Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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