2023 Best Value Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
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.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Carpentry Associate Degree School
Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for carpentry students working on their associate degree. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year. Carpentry majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out an average of $12,982 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Carpentry Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
Request InformationBest Carpentry Colleges by State
Explore the best carpentry schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 7 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indiana | 159 |
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Majors Related to Carpentry
One of 6 majors within the area of study, carpentry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Carpentry
| 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 values are for the top school 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.