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2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Illinois, there were 63 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality carpentry/carpenter programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree carpentry students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Carpentry Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Belleville, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s carpentry students in 2019-2020.

SWIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Illinois College is $6,762 for Illinois Associate Degree Carpentry students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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