2022 Best Value Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter in Illinois (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Carpentry Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,262 people earned their degree in carpentry/carpenter, making the major the 563rd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 63 carpentry/carpenter graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent carpentry/carpenter programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the carpentry/carpenter program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Carpentry Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois carpentry students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

$30,218 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Carpentry Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Belleville, Illinois, and it awarded 3 ’s carpentry degrees in 2019-2020.

SWIC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Carpentry/Carpenter Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $7,098 for Illinois Carpentry students with aid per year to attend SWIC.

Read more about Carpentry/Carpenter at Southwestern Illinois College

• Best Value Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Carpentry/Carpenter (With Aid)

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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