2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools
3
Ranked Colleges
431
Degrees Awarded
$21,600
Avg Net Price*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Woodworking Schools” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 431 people earned their degree in woodworking, making the major the 330th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, woodworking graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,324 and had an average of $18,500 in loans still to pay off.
This year’s “Best Value Woodworking Schools” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in woodworking. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent woodworking programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the woodworking program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Woodworking Schools
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Woodworking Schools.
Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Woodworking
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northcentral Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools list. Northcentral Technical College is located in Wausau, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 ’s woodworking degrees to qualified students.
North Central Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Woodworking Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend North Central Technical College is $10,490 for Woodworking students.
Read more about Woodworking at North Central Technical College
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Woodworking Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s woodworking degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also took the #3 spot in our “Best Woodworking Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is $9,421 for Woodworking students.
Read full report on Woodworking at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island School of Design. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Woodworking Schools. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s woodworking degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
RISD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Woodworking Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend RISD is $44,979 for Woodworking students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Woodworking at RISD
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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
- *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.