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2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,565 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Woodworking School for You

Woodworking is the #332 most popular major in the country with 431 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Woodworking Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Woodworking Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the woodworking programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Woodworking

Our 2023 rankings named Austin Community College District the best value school in the Southwest Region for woodworking students. Austin Community College District is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Austin Community College District is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Woodworking Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Woodworking at Austin Community College District Report

$7,540 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. CNM is a large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,540 per year.

Full Woodworking at Central New Mexico Community College Report

$7,566 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pima Community College is a great value for woodworking students. Located in the large city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pima County Community College District are $7,566 a year.

Full Woodworking at Pima Community College Report

Best Woodworking Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 17
Arizona 0
New Mexico 0

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One of 5 majors within the area of study, woodworking has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Woodworking

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 3 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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