by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Southwest region, there were 355 carpentry graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,646 and $13,496 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 carpentry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in carpentry. To top this list, a school must have a successful carpentry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree carpentry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. SJC is a medium-sized public school situated in Farmington, New Mexico. It awarded 4 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona Western College landed the #2 spot on the list. AWC is a medium-sized public school situated in Yuma, Arizona. It awarded 1 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend GateWay Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. This small school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Collin County Community College District. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. Collin County Community College District is located in McKinney, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s carpentry degrees to qualified students.
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