2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Carpentry/Carpenter is the 563rd most popular major in the country with 4,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 557 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in carpentry/carpenter. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent carpentry/carpenter programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the carpentry/carpenter program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$3,134 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 32 associates’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $3,134 for southwest region associate degree carpentry students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Vista College

El Paso, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,558 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vista College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s carpentry students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vista College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vista College is $8,558 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Carpentry students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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