2023 Best Woodworking Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
92
Degrees Awarded
$37,934
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly for Woodworking for an Associate” ranking.
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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 92 woodworking graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Woodworking for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in woodworking. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality woodworking programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the woodworking program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Woodworking for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying woodworking.
Top 2 Best Woodworking Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Woodworking for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northcentral Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wausau, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s woodworking degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
North Central Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 161 of the 5,939 students enrolled at Northcentral Technical College were GI Bill® students, of which 76 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,316. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northcentral Technical College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Woodworking for an Associate list. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s woodworking degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our associate degree vets studying woodworking list, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Woodworking Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 1,227 students enrolled at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, 36 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 18 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,604. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology]](/colleges/thaddeus-stevens-college-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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