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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

In 2020-2021, 423 people earned a degree or certificate in woodworking, making the major the #47 most popular in the United States.

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 large city of Boston, North Bennet Street School is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 21 students majoring in woodworking at North Bennet Street School, 95% are male and 5% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madison Area Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Woodworking Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 13% of the woodworking majors at the school.

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#3

The Landing School

Arundel, ME

Out of the 54 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The Landing School landed the # 3 spot on the list. The Landing School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Arundel.

Women make up 7% 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 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 fairly small public school located in the rural area of Plainwell.

About 8% of the students majoring in woodworking at the school are women while 92% are male.

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Columbus Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate woodworking programs. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Columbus.

Of the 7 students majoring in woodworking at Columbus Technical College, 86% are male and 14% are female.

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Fox Valley Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for woodworking students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. FVTC is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.

Women make up 14% of the woodworking majors at the school.

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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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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 landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate woodworking programs. Located in the large suburb of Norwalk, Cerritos College is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 25% of the woodworking majors at the school.

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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
Great Lakes

Woodworking is one of 5 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Woodworking Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Cabinetmaking & Millwork 280
Furniture Design & Manufacturing 57
General Woodworking 42
Wooden Boatbuilding Technology 30
Other Woodworking 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 52,308
Other Precision Production 68
Leatherworking & Upholstery 54
Precision Production Trades 39
Boilermaking 13

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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