by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania” ranking.
Carpentry is the 286th most popular major in the country with 3,273 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, carpentry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,196 and had an average of $11,191 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 349 carpentry graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,147 and $13,497 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 109 carpentry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in carpentry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in carpentry.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree carpentry students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Triangle Tech - Pittsburgh. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private for-profit school awarded 28 degrees to qualified associates’s carpentry students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Triangle Tech - Bethlehem landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this small private for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified associates’s carpentry students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Williamson College of the Trades. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania. Media, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s carpentry degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Triangle Tech - Sunbury. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania. Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a small school located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania that handed out 11 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school situated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It awarded 30 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Carpentry at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Johnson College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Carpentry Major in Pennsylvania list. Johnson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 9 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
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