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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

2 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$5,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Carpentry/Carpenter is the 563rd most popular major in the country with 4,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 557 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in carpentry/carpenter. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent carpentry/carpenter programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the carpentry/carpenter program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree carpentry students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s carpentry degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree carpentry students whose families make $30-$48k list, Austin Community College District has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $4,362 for southwest region associate degree carpentry students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Vista College

El Paso, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vista College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Vista College is a private for-profit institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vista College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Vista College is $5,872 for southwest region associate degree carpentry students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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