Woodworking at Rhode Island School of Design

What traits are you looking for in a woodworking school? To help you decide if Rhode Island School of Design is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's woodworking program.

RISD is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 2,227 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Woodworking section at the bottom of this page.

RISD Woodworking Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Woodworking
• Master’s Degree in Woodworking

RISD Woodworking Rankings

The woodworking major at RISD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Woodworking. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Woodworking Student Demographics at RISD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the woodworking majors at Rhode Island School of Design.

RISD Woodworking Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of woodworking bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical woodworking bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at RISD since its program graduates 40% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor's in woodworking.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RISD Woodworking Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of woodworking master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a woodworking master's degree from RISD, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a master's in woodworking.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Woodworking

The following woodworking concentations are available at Rhode Island School of Design. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rhode Island School of Design. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Furniture Design & Manufacturing	24

Related Majors

Careers That Woodworking Grads May Go Into

A degree in woodworking can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Rhode Island School of Design.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	370	$45,380
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	220	$32,730
Furniture Finishers	70	$41,200
Wood Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$29,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.