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2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$11,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking.

Carpentry is the 270th most popular major in the country with 4,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, carpentry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,564 and had an average of $9,915 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 650 carpentry graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,867 and $12,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 79 carpentry graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in carpentry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality carpentry 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree carpentry students.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry in the Plains States Region

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and it awarded 8 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

Hennepin Technical College also made our “Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $11,796 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Carpentry students per year to attend Hennepin Technical College.

Read more about Carpentry at Hennepin Technical College

#2

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Bismarck, North Dakota, and it awarded 3 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

BSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $9,420 for plains states region associate degree carpentry students per year to attend Bismarck State College.

Full BSC Carpentry Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan Area Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 2 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

MATC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Manhattan Area Technical College is $13,149 for plains states region associate degree carpentry students.

Full MATC Carpentry Report

#4

Coffeyville Community College

Coffeyville, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coffeyville Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Coffeyville Community College is a small public school situated in Coffeyville, Kansas. It awarded 2 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

Coffeyville Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $5,377 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Carpentry students per year to attend Coffeyville Community College.

Read full report on Carpentry at Coffeyville Community College

#5

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ranken Technical College landed the #5 spot on the list. Ranken Technical College is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 15 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

Ranken Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ranken Technical College is $15,933 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Carpentry students.

Read full report on Carpentry at Ranken Technical College

#6

Lake Superior College

Duluth, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

Lake Superior College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. LSC is a small school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 7 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LSC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,503 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Carpentry students per year to attend Lake Superior College.

Read full report on Carpentry at Lake Superior College

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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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