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2023 Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools

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Finding the Best Woodworking Undergraduate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools ranking. This report analyzed 54 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named North Bennet Street School the most popular school in the United States for woodworking students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Boston, North Bennet Street School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 23% of the woodworking majors at the school.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Madison Area Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular woodworking schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in woodworking at Madison College, 89% are male and 11% are female.

Full Woodworking at Madison Area Technical College Report

#3

The Landing School

Arundel, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Landing School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. The Landing School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Arundel.

Women make up 11% of the woodworking majors at the school.

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Out of the 54 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Erwin Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tampa, Erwin Technical College is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 54 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Career and Technical Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Michigan Career and Technical Institute is a small public school located in the rural area of Plainwell.

Of the 9 students majoring in woodworking at Michigan Career and Technical Institute, 89% are male and 11% are female.

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Columbus Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Columbus.

Full Woodworking at Columbus Technical College Report

Fox Valley Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. FVTC is a large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.

Of the 12 students majoring in woodworking at FVTC, 92% are male and 8% are female.

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With a ranking of #8, Northcentral Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for woodworking students working on their undergraduate certificate. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Wausau.

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With a ranking of #8, Macomb Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for woodworking students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public school with a large student population.

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#10

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

Cerritos College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Norwalk, Cerritos College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Woodworking at Cerritos College Report

Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools award.

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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 27 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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