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2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$11,511 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,186 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Carpentry Associate Degree School for You

Carpentry is the #288 most popular major in the country with 3,273 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for carpentry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for carpentry majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top 10 Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for carpentry students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year. Carpentry majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out an average of $12,982 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. BSC is a small public school located in the city of Bismarck.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BSC are $6,930 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, BSC also did well on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 a year. Carpentry majors at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology take out an average of $8,634 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also did well on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Lake Superior College

Duluth, MN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lake Superior College is a great value for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Duluth, LSC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LSC are $5,616 per year.

LSC also claimed a spot on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 11 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Manhattan Area Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. MATC is a fairly small public school located in the city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MATC are $7,650 a year.

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Honolulu Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

Honolulu CC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,310 in tuition and fees each year.

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Los Angeles Trade Technical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree carpentry programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $9,012 a year.

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#8

Triangle Tech - Bethlehem

Bethlehem, PA

Triangle Tech - Bethlehem ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. Triangle Tech - Bethlehem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

Triangle Tech - Bethlehem undergraduate students pay an average of $18,500 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, carpentry graduates from Triangle Tech - Bethlehem carry an average student debtload of $14,876.

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#9

Triangle Tech - Sunbury

Sunbury, PA

Triangle Tech - Sunbury did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for carpentry students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the rural area of Sunbury, Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Triangle Tech - Sunbury are $18,615 a year.

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#10

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, MO

With a ranking of #10, Ranken Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

Ranken Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,164 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, carpentry graduates from Ranken Technical College carry an average student debtload of $14,909.

Ranken Technical College also claimed a spot on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Carpentry at Ranken Technical College Report

Carpentry by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 6 majors within the area of study, carpentry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 23,527
Building Management & Inspection 4,511
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,617
Construction 1,435
Masonry 274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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