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2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$31,518 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,714 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Woodworking School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, woodworking was ranked #332 in the country. In fact 431 degrees and certificates were handed out 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Woodworking Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for woodworking students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Woodworking Colleges.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Woodworking

$6,745 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Eastern Maine Community College to be the best value school for woodworking students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $6,745 per year.

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$56,290 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools in the New England Region list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RISD are $56,290 a year. Woodworking majors at RISD take out an average of $26,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Woodworking at Rhode Island School of Design Report

Best Woodworking Colleges by State

Explore the best woodworking schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maine 3
Rhode Island 24

More Woodworking Rankings in the New England Region

Woodworking is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Precision Metal Working 52,308
Other Precision Production 68
Leatherworking & Upholstery 54
Precision Production Trades 39
Boilermaking 13

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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