2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,262 people earned their degree in carpentry/carpenter, making the major the 563rd most popular in the United States.

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” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in carpentry/carpenter. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality carpentry/carpenter programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the carpentry/carpenter program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The carpentry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 32 degrees to qualified associates’s carpentry students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,861 for southwest region associate degree carpentry students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Full Austin Community College District Carpentry/Carpenter Report

#2

Vista College

El Paso, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,306 Average Net Price

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. Vista College is a small school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 8 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

Vista College also made our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,306 for southwest region associate degree carpentry students per year to attend Vista College.

Read full report on Carpentry/Carpenter at Vista College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter

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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