Carpenters
4,167 students earn a carpenters credential each year across 201 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $38,268
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $42,058
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Associate programs — 50 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana253$51,1041 year out$88,474$9,1252Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania31$37,6111 year out$52,333$7,2663SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York18—1 year out$38,858—4Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri16$35,9751 year out$49,813$12,0005Johnson CollegeScranton, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——6Highlands College of Montana TechButte, Montana11—1 year out——7Williamson College of the TradesMedia, Pennsylvania11—1 year out——8Bates Technical CollegeTacoma, Washington10—1 year out——9Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa9$44,6021 year out——10Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas9—1 year out——11Seattle Central CollegeSeattle, Washington9—1 year out——12Hawaii Community CollegeHilo, Hawaii9—1 year out——13Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California8—1 year out——14Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii8—1 year out——15Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota8—1 year out——16Laney CollegeOakland, California7—1 year out——17Manhattan Area Technical CollegeManhattan, Kansas6—1 year out——18Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky6—1 year out——19Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan6—1 year out——20Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota6—1 year out——21Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington6—1 year out——22Southwestern Community CollegeCreston, Iowa5—1 year out——23Southwestern Michigan CollegeDowagiac, Michigan5—1 year out——24Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, Minnesota5—1 year out——25Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa4—1 year out——26Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa4—1 year out——27Iowa Lakes Community CollegeEstherville, Iowa4—1 year out——28Coffeyville Community CollegeCoffeyville, Kansas4—1 year out——29Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland, Kansas4—1 year out——30Minnesota State College SoutheastWinona, Minnesota4—1 year out——31San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico4—1 year out——32American River CollegeSacramento, California3—1 year out——33College of the RedwoodsEureka, California3—1 year out——34Kauai Community CollegeLihue, Hawaii3—1 year out——35Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois3—1 year out——36Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana3—1 year out——37Southeastern Community CollegeWest Burlington, Iowa3—1 year out——38Peninsula CollegePort Angeles, Washington3—1 year out——39Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson, Kansas2—1 year out——40Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California2—1 year out——41University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, Alaska1—1 year out——42Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia1—1 year out——43Fort Scott Community CollegeFort Scott, Kansas1—1 year out——44Salina Area Technical CollegeSalina, Kansas1—1 year out——45Mineral Area CollegePark Hills, Missouri1—1 year out——46Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana1—1 year out——47Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, Georgia1—1 year out——48Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas1—1 year out——49Leech Lake Tribal CollegeCass Lake, Minnesota1—1 year out——50Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas—$38,2681 year out—$15,624
Certificate programs — top 100 of 190 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana244—1 year out——2Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania195—1 year out——3Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado93—1 year out——4J F Ingram State Technical CollegeDeatsville, Alabama87—1 year out——5West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky82—1 year out——6Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia78—1 year out$18,912$10,6467Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky75—1 year out——8Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia74—1 year out——9Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona69—1 year out——10Uintah Basin Technical CollegeRoosevelt, Utah68—1 year out——11Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia55—1 year out——12Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma55—1 year out——13Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia52—1 year out——14Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota48—1 year out——15Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky47—1 year out——16Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky45—1 year out——17Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky44—1 year out——18Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas43—1 year out——19Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky43—1 year out——20Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona39—1 year out——21Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin39—1 year out——22Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky38—1 year out——23Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii35—1 year out——24Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, Minnesota35—1 year out——25Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin35—1 year out——26Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado34—1 year out——27Centura College-NorfolkNorfolk, Virginia34—1 year out——28Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California31—1 year out——29Albany Technical CollegeAlbany, Georgia31—1 year out——30Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah31—1 year out——31Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California30—1 year out——32City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois30$17,6971 year out—$13,17533Southwestern Community CollegeCreston, Iowa30—1 year out——34Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia30—1 year out——35South Mountain Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona29—1 year out——36Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberland, Kentucky29—1 year out——37Orleans Technical CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania29$21,9161 year out$32,630$7,52138Northeast Technology CenterPryor, Oklahoma29—1 year out——39Meridian Technology CenterStillwater, Oklahoma27—1 year out——40Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, Oklahoma27—1 year out——41SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana26—1 year out——42Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka, Kansas25—1 year out——43Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas24—1 year out——44Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky24—1 year out——45Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi24—1 year out$26,441—46Southern Oklahoma Technology CenterArdmore, Oklahoma24—1 year out——47Northwest Shoals Community CollegeMuscle Shoals, Alabama23—1 year out——48Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa23—1 year out——49Garden City Community CollegeGarden City, Kansas23—1 year out——50Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina23—1 year out——51Columbus Technical CollegeColumbus, Georgia22—1 year out——52Manhattan Area Technical CollegeManhattan, Kansas22—1 year out——53Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa21—1 year out——54Fort Hays Tech North CentralBeloit, Kansas21—1 year out$42,058—55Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington20—1 year out——56Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia18—1 year out——57Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia18—1 year out——58Neosho County Community CollegeChanute, Kansas18—1 year out——59Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York18—1 year out——60Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, North Carolina18—1 year out——61San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico17—1 year out——62Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin17—1 year out——63Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin17—1 year out——64Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri16—1 year out——65Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska16—1 year out——66Mayland Community CollegeSpruce Pine, North Carolina16—1 year out——67Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota16—1 year out——68Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin16—1 year out——69Laney CollegeOakland, California15—1 year out——70Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois15—1 year out——71North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa15—1 year out——72Highland Community CollegeHighland, Kansas15—1 year out——73Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina15—1 year out——74Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin15—1 year out——75Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin15—1 year out——76Ocean County Vocational-Technical SchoolToms River, New Jersey15—1 year out——77Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana14—1 year out——78Riverland Community CollegeAustin, Minnesota14—1 year out——79Rochester Community and Technical CollegeRochester, Minnesota14—1 year out$40,648—80Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, Oklahoma14—1 year out——81College of the RedwoodsEureka, California13—1 year out——82Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, Mississippi13—1 year out——83Treasure Valley Community CollegeOntario, Oregon13—1 year out——84Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin13—1 year out——85Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin13$43,0081 year out——86Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida12—1 year out——87Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa12$34,4211 year out——88Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictDavenport, Iowa12—1 year out——89Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland, Kansas12—1 year out——90The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana12—1 year out——91Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington12—1 year out——92Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl Reno, Oklahoma12—1 year out——93Erwin Technical CollegeTampa, Florida12—1 year out——94Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois11—1 year out——95Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa11—1 year out——96Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa11—1 year out——97Salina Area Technical CollegeSalina, Kansas11—1 year out——98North Bennet Street SchoolBoston, Massachusetts11$39,0581 year out$56,080$15,56099Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota11—1 year out$48,461—100Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio11—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).