2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Top 10 Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools
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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Out of the 11 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the # 2 spot on the list. BSC is a small public school located in the city of Bismarck.
BSC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,930 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, BSC is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list.
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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 small 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.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Lake Superior College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value carpentry schools in the United States. 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.
In addition to its great value ranking, LSC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Manhattan Area Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. MATC is a small public school located in the small 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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With a ranking of #6, Honolulu Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the city of Honolulu.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Honolulu CC are $8,310 a year.
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Los Angeles Trade Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools ranking. 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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With a ranking of #8, Triangle Tech - Bethlehem did quite well on this year’s best value schools for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Triangle Tech - Bethlehem is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Triangle Tech - Bethlehem are $18,500 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, carpentry graduates from Triangle Tech - Bethlehem carry an average student debtload of $14,876.
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Triangle Tech - Sunbury ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the rural area of Sunbury, Triangle Tech - Sunbury is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Triangle Tech - Sunbury are $18,615 per year.
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Ranken Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for carpentry students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. 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.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ranken Technical College also is in the top 5% of our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools ranking.
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Majors Related to Carpentry
One of 6 majors within the area of study, carpentry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.