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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 analysis found North Bennet Street School to be the most popular school for woodworking students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the city of Boston, North Bennet Street School is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly 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 college with a large student population.

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

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#3

The Landing School

Arundel, ME

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The Landing School is a great place for woodworking students working on their undergraduate certificate. The Landing School is a fairly 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Erwin Technical College is a great place for woodworking students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tampa, Erwin Technical College is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Michigan Career and Technical Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular woodworking schools in the United States. 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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With a ranking of #6, Columbus Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for woodworking students working on their undergraduate certificate. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Columbus.

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With a ranking of #6, Fox Valley Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for woodworking students working on their undergraduate certificate. FVTC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.

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

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Northcentral Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate woodworking programs. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Wausau.

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Macomb Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Located in the city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public college with a fairly 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 school with a fairly large student population.

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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).

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