2024 Best Carpentry Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
537Carpentry Degrees Awarded
$29,068Avg Early-Career Salary
Carpentry degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #286 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Carpentry Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 537 degrees in carpentry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The carpentry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Carpentry rankings. For our Best Overall Carpentry School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Carpentry Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Carpentry in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the carpentry degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in carpentry has to look into Ranken Technical College. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ranken Technical College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 14 carpentry students who graduated with this degree at Ranken Technical College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the carpentry program report average early career wages of $26,984.
Any student pursuing a degree in carpentry has to look into Bismarck State College. Located in the small city of Bismarck, BSC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 5th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were roughly 17 carpentry students who graduated with this degree at BSC in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Manhattan Area Technical College if you want to pursue a degree in carpentry. MATC is a fairly small public college located in the small city of Manhattan.
There were approximately 22 carpentry students who graduated with this degree at MATC in the most recent year we have data available.
Lake Superior College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in carpentry. Located in the small city of Duluth, LSC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 40th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 35 carpentry students who graduated with this degree at LSC in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The carpentry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Carpentry rankings. For our Best Overall Carpentry School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
