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2023 Most Popular Carpentry Schools in the Great Lakes Region

31 Colleges
$44,893 Avg Salary
$7,046 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Carpentry 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 Most Popular Carpentry 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 report analyzed 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Carpentry program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Carpentry Colleges.

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the most popular school for carpentry students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

On average, carpentry graduates from Ivy Tech Community College take out $6,125 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Carpentry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WITC is a small public school located in the rural area of Shell Lake.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Madison Area Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Carpentry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public school with a large student population.

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Out of the 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.

Carpentry majors at Kennedy-King College take out an average of $9,512 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Carpentry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NWTC is a large public school located in the midsize city of Green Bay.

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With a ranking of #6, Waukesha County Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for carpentry students. Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Southwestern Michigan College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for carpentry students. SMC is a small public school located in the rural area of Dowagiac.

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#7

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

Western Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for carpentry students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that carpentry majors at Western Technical College take out is $5,500.

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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Carpentry Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

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Fox Valley Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for carpentry students. It came in at #9 on the list. FVTC is a large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.

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Best Carpentry Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7
Ohio 1
Illinois 1
Indiana 159

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 averages are for the top 31 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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