American River College
Sacramento, CA · Public · Two-year
🪚 Carpentry 🎨 Finishing Trades & Roofing 🔧 Plumbing & Pipefitting 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication +6 more
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🪚 Carpentry Schools
Carpentry programmes cover framing, layout, blueprint reading, forms, stairs, and finish work. It is the broadest of the construction trades and the least licence-gated, which cuts both ways: you can start working sooner, and the ceiling depends more on what you can build than on what you hold.
How people actually get in
Many carpenters learn entirely on a crew. A programme is most valuable for layout, blueprint reading, and the maths — the parts a busy lead carpenter will not stop to teach you. Union carpentry apprenticeships are strong in some markets and are worth checking before paying tuition.
Ask before you enrol
- Ask how much of the programme is building real structures versus bench work.
- Check whether blueprint reading and layout maths are taught properly — that is the transferable part.
- Compare against the local carpenters union apprenticeship, which may pay you to learn the same material.
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Largest programs
Where the most people graduate
By credentials awarded in the reporting year. That is a size signal, not a quality ranking — big programs are easier to get into and easier to get lost in.
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN · Public · Two-year
🪚 Carpentry 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair ⚡ Electrical +8 more
J F Ingram State Technical College
Deatsville, AL · Public · Less-than-two-year
🪚 Carpentry ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication ⚡ Electrical +6 more
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA · Public · Two-year
🪚 Carpentry 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication ⚡ Electrical ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration +4 more
Columbus Technical College
Columbus, GA · Public · Two-year
🪚 Carpentry 🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration +7 more
Hazard Community and Technical College
Hazard, KY · Public · Two-year
🪚 Carpentry 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration +3 more
Every school, by state
All 213 carpentry schools
Alabama 3
- J F Ingram State Technical College Deatsville · Public
- Gadsden State Community College Gadsden · Public
- Northwest Shoals Community College Muscle Shoals · Public
Alaska 1
- University of Alaska Southeast Juneau · Public
Arizona 7
- Central Arizona College Coolidge · Public
- Yavapai College Prescott · Public
- Eastern Arizona College Thatcher · Public
- South Mountain Community College Phoenix · Public
- Mesa Community College Mesa · Public
- Pima Community College Tucson · Public
- Arizona Western College Yuma · Public
Arkansas 1
- University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville Batesville · Public
California 7
- American River College Sacramento · Public
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles · Public
- Rio Hondo College Whittier · Public
- Laney College Oakland · Public
- College of the Redwoods Eureka · Public
- Palomar College San Marcos · Public
- Santiago Canyon College Orange · Public
Colorado 3
- Emily Griffith Technical College Denver · Public
- Aims Community College Greeley · Public
- Technical College of the Rockies Delta · Public
Florida 9
- Erwin Technical College Tampa · Public
- Suncoast Technical College Sarasota · Public
- Atlantic Technical College Coconut Creek · Public
- Fort Myers Technical College Fort Myers · Public
- Pensacola State College Pensacola · Public
- Okaloosa Technical College Fort Walton Beach · Public
- Orange Technical College-West Campus Ocoee · Public
- Florida Panhandle Technical College Chipley · Public
- Gadsden Technical College Quincy · Public
Georgia 16
- Columbus Technical College Columbus · Public
- Atlanta Technical College Atlanta · Public
- Southern Regional Technical College Thomasville · Public
- Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville · Public
- Coastal Pines Technical College Waycross · Public
- Albany Technical College Albany · Public
- Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin · Public
- Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins · Public
- Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta · Public
- Savannah Technical College Savannah · Public
- Lanier Technical College Gainesville · Public
- Georgia Northwestern Technical College Rome · Public
- Ogeechee Technical College Statesboro · Public
- Augusta Technical College Augusta · Public
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College Clarkston · Public
- Oconee Fall Line Technical College Sandersville · Public
Hawaii 3
- Honolulu Community College Honolulu · Public
- Hawaii Community College Hilo · Public
- Kauai Community College Lihue · Public
Illinois 4
- City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College Chicago · Public
- Kaskaskia College Centralia · Public
- Lincoln Land Community College Springfield · Public
- Triton College River Grove · Public
Indiana 2
- Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis · Public
- Vincennes University Vincennes · Public
Iowa 12
- Southwestern Community College Creston · Public
- Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny · Public
- Western Iowa Tech Community College Sioux City · Public
- North Iowa Area Community College Mason City · Public
- Southeastern Community College West Burlington · Public
- Hawkeye Community College Waterloo · Public
- Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa · Public
- Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge · Public
- Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids · Public
- Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar · Public
- Eastern Iowa Community College District Davenport · Public
- Iowa Lakes Community College Estherville · Public
Kansas 15
- Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology Wichita · Public
- Washburn Institute of Technology Topeka · Public
- Manhattan Area Technical College Manhattan · Public
- Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City · Public
- Fort Hays Tech North Central Beloit · Public
- Garden City Community College Garden City · Public
- Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical College Goodland · Public
- Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson · Public
- Neosho County Community College Chanute · Public
- Fort Scott Community College Fort Scott · Public
- Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville · Public
- Cowley County Community College Arkansas City · Public
- Highland Community College Highland · Public
- Salina Area Technical College Salina · Public
- Barton County Community College Great Bend · Public
Kentucky 10
- Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard · Public
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington · Public
- Somerset Community College Somerset · Public
- Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville · Public
- Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro · Public
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah · Public
- Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville · Public
- Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland · Public
- Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville · Public
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg · Public
Louisiana 2
- SOWELA Technical Community College Lake Charles · Public
- Delgado Community College New Orleans · Public
Massachusetts 1
- North Bennet Street School Boston · Private nonprofit
Michigan 4
- Southwestern Michigan College Dowagiac · Public
- Lansing Community College Lansing · Public
- Northwestern Michigan College Traverse City · Public
- Macomb Community College Warren · Public
Minnesota 13
- Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park · Public
- Lake Superior College Duluth · Public
- Alexandria Technical & Community College Alexandria · Public
- Minnesota West Community and Technical College Granite Falls · Public
- Saint Paul College Saint Paul · Public
- Riverland Community College Austin · Public
- Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester · Public
- St Cloud Technical and Community College Saint Cloud · Public
- Northland Community and Technical College Thief River Falls · Public
- South Central College North Mankato · Public
- Minnesota State College Southeast Winona · Public
- Leech Lake Tribal College Cass Lake · Public
- Minnesota North College Hibbing · Public
Mississippi 5
- Coahoma Community College Clarksdale · Public
- Hinds Community College Raymond · Public
- East Central Community College Decatur · Public
- Southwest Mississippi Community College Summit · Public
- Meridian Community College Meridian · Public
Missouri 3
- Ranken Technical College Saint Louis · Private nonprofit
- Grand River Technical School Chillicothe · Public
- East Central College Union · Public
Montana 4
- Highlands College of Montana Tech Butte · Public
- Montana State University Bozeman · Public
- Montana State University Billings Billings · Public
- The University of Montana Missoula · Public
Nebraska 2
- Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha · Public
- Mid-Plains Community College North Platte · Public
Nevada 1
- College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas · Public
New Jersey 2
- Ocean County Vocational-Technical School Toms River · Public
- Hudson County Community College Jersey City · Public
New Mexico 3
- San Juan College Farmington · Public
- Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque · Public
- New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Las Cruces · Public
New York 2
- SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi · Public
- Mohawk Valley Community College Utica · Public
North Carolina 9
- Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville · Public
- Mayland Community College Spruce Pine · Public
- Southwestern Community College Sylva · Public
- Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem · Public
- Cape Fear Community College Wilmington · Public
- Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown · Public
- Surry Community College Dobson · Public
- Vance-Granville Community College Henderson · Public
- Alamance Community College Graham · Public
North Dakota 2
- Bismarck State College Bismarck · Public
- Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Totten · Public
Ohio 2
- Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland · Public
- Columbus State Community College Columbus · Public
Oklahoma 23
- Tulsa Technology Center Tulsa · Public
- Southern Oklahoma Technology Center Ardmore · Public
- Francis Tuttle Technology Center Oklahoma City · Public
- Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee Muskogee · Public
- High Plains Technology Center Woodward · Public
- Green Country Technology Center Okmulgee · Public
- Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester McAlester · Public
- Meridian Technology Center Stillwater · Public
- Gordon Cooper Technology Center Shawnee · Public
- Great Plains Technology Center Lawton · Public
- Moore Norman Technology Center Norman · Public
- Western Technology Center Burns Flat · Public
- Canadian Valley Technology Center El Reno · Public
- Mid-America Technology Center Wayne · Public
- Autry Technology Center Enid · Public
- Central Technology Center Drumright · Public
- Metro Technology Centers Oklahoma City · Public
- Mid-Del Technology Center Midwest City · Public
- Wes Watkins Technology Center Wetumka · Public
- Caddo Kiowa Technology Center Fort Cobb · Public
- Pioneer Technology Center Ponca City · Public
- Southwest Technology Center Altus · Public
- Chisholm Trail Technology Center Omega · Public
Oregon 1
- Treasure Valley Community College Ontario · Public
Pennsylvania 11
- Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh · Public
- Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster · Public
- Philadelphia Technician Training Philadelphia · Private nonprofit
- Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh · Private for-profit
- Triangle Tech Inc-Bethlehem Bethlehem · Private for-profit
- Williamson College of the Trades Media · Private nonprofit
- Delaware County Community College Media · Public
- Orleans Technical College Philadelphia · Private nonprofit
- Johnson College Scranton · Private nonprofit
- Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury Sunbury · Private for-profit
- Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Schnecksville · Public
South Carolina 1
- York Technical College Rock Hill · Public
Texas 3
- Trinity Valley Community College Athens · Public
- Austin Community College District Austin · Public
- Collin County Community College District McKinney · Public
Utah 5
- Uintah Basin Technical College Roosevelt · Public
- Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden · Public
- Davis Technical College Kaysville · Public
- Bridgerland Technical College Logan · Public
- Mountainland Technical College Lehi · Public
Virginia 1
- Centura College-Norfolk Norfolk · Private for-profit
Washington 7
- Renton Technical College Renton · Public
- Bates Technical College Tacoma · Public
- Spokane Community College Spokane · Public
- Green River College Auburn · Public
- Peninsula College Port Angeles · Public
- Grays Harbor College Aberdeen · Public
- Seattle Central College Seattle · Public
Wisconsin 12
- Madison Area Technical College Madison · Public
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay · Public
- Northwood Technical College Rice Lake · Public
- Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee · Public
- Waukesha County Technical College Pewaukee · Public
- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Fennimore · Public
- Fox Valley Technical College Appleton · Public
- Gateway Technical College Kenosha · Public
- Mid-State Technical College Wisconsin Rapids · Public
- Moraine Park Technical College Fond du Lac · Public
- Western Technical College La Crosse · Public
- Nicolet Area Technical College Rhinelander · Public
Wyoming 1
- Northern Wyoming Community College District Sheridan · Public
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