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Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Southeast Region to see which 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 Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Columbus Technical College the most popular school in the Southeast Region for woodworking students. Located in the midsize city of Columbus, Columbus Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest-Shoals Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. NW-SCC is a small public school located in the city of Muscle Shoals.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Erwin Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Erwin Technical College is a fairly small public school located in the city of Tampa.

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#4

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cape Fear Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Wilmington, CFCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ingram State Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. ISTC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Deatsville.

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The excellent programs at Savannah Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best woodworking schools in the Southeast Region . Savannah Tech is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.

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With a ranking of #7, Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for woodworking students. Pinellas Technical Education Center-Clearwater is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of Clearwater.

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Florida Panhandle Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for woodworking students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Chipley, Washington-Holmes Technical College is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Southern Regional Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Woodworking Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the town of Thomasville, Southwest Georgia Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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#10

East Arkansas Community College

Forrest City, AR

East Arkansas Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular woodworking programs. Located in the distant town of Forrest City, East Arkansas Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Woodworking Colleges by State

Explore the best woodworking schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 27
Arkansas 0
North Carolina 11
Florida 18
Virginia 0
Alabama 25

One of 5 majors within the trade school area of study, woodworking has other similar majors worth exploring.

Woodworking Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Cabinetmaking & Millwork 340
Furniture Design & Manufacturing 42
General Woodworking 38
Other Woodworking 15

Majors Similar 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 16 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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