2023 Most Popular Colleges for Carpentry in the Southwest Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Carpentry is the 286th most popular major in the country with 3,273 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, carpentry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,196 and had an average of $11,191 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 355 carpentry graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,646 and $13,496 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in carpentry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular carpentry programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region carpentry students.
Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for Carpentry in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Farmington, New Mexico, and it awarded 15 ’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Carpentry at San Juan College
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona Western College landed the #2 spot on the list. AWC is a medium-sized school located in Yuma, Arizona that handed out 2 ’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Carpentry at AWC
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #3 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is a large public school situated in McKinney, Texas. It awarded 0 ’s carpentry degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Carpentry at Collin County Community College District
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Carpentry Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, GateWay Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. GateWay Community College is a public institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Carpentry at GateWay Community College
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.