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2022 Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate

5 Ranked Colleges
86 Degrees Awarded
$10,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate” ranking.

Woodworking is the 322nd most popular major in the country with 609 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, woodworking graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 86 woodworking graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the woodworking program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree woodworking students.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Woodworking

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northcentral Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate. Northcentral Technical College is located in Wausau, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s woodworking degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree woodworking students list, North Central Technical College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,131 for associate degree woodworking students per year to attend Northcentral Technical College.

Read more about Woodworking at North Central Technical College

#2

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s woodworking degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,108 for associate degree woodworking students per year to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

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#3

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hennepin Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s woodworking degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Hennepin Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,796 for Associate Degree Woodworking students per year to attend Hennepin Technical College.

Full Hennepin Technical College Woodworking Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Maine Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate. Eastern Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 7 associates’s woodworking degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Maine Community College also made our “Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Maine Community College is $10,259 for Associate Degree Woodworking students.

Read more about Woodworking at Eastern Maine Community College

#5

Red Rocks Community College

Lakewood, Colorado

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Woodworking Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Red Rocks Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Red Rocks Community College is located in Lakewood, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s woodworking degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Red Rocks Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Red Rocks Community College is $10,257 for Associate Degree Woodworking students.

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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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