Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN · Public · Two-year
🪵 Woodworking & Cabinetmaking 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration 🪚 Carpentry +5 more
Trade schools · 57 schools
🪵 Woodworking & Cabinetmaking Schools
Cabinetmaking and millwork programmes cover joinery, casework, finishing, CNC routing, and shop production. It is a craft trade with a small number of programmes and a clear route into custom shops, architectural millwork, and your own bench.
How people actually get in
Custom shops hire on portfolio. Few people make a living on hand-tool craft alone; the commercial reality is CNC, sheet goods, and production methods, so programmes that teach both ends serve you better.
Ask before you enrol
- Ask whether CNC and production methods are taught alongside traditional joinery.
- Check shop access hours — bench time is the product.
- Look at where graduates land: custom shops, millwork firms, or nothing in particular.
Already working in this trade? See software for cabinetry & closets businesses in our directory.
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.
Lee College
Baytown, TX · Public · Two-year
🪵 Woodworking & Cabinetmaking 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration +3 more
Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood, CO · Public · Four-year
🪵 Woodworking & Cabinetmaking 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair ⚙️ Machining & CNC 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication +4 more
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC · Public · Two-year
🪵 Woodworking & Cabinetmaking 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication 🛠️ Building Maintenance & Inspection +4 more
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI · Private nonprofit · Four-year
🪵 Woodworking & Cabinetmaking
Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA · Public · Two-year
🪵 Woodworking & Cabinetmaking 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair ⚙️ Machining & CNC
Every school, by state
All 57 woodworking & cabinetmaking schools
Alabama 2
- J F Ingram State Technical College Deatsville · Public
- Northwest Shoals Community College Muscle Shoals · Public
Arizona 1
- Pima Community College Tucson · Public
California 11
- Cerritos College Norwalk · Public
- Palomar College San Marcos · Public
- Laney College Oakland · Public
- American River College Sacramento · Public
- College of the Redwoods Eureka · Public
- El Camino Community College District Torrance · Public
- California College of the Arts San Francisco · Private nonprofit
- Santiago Canyon College Orange · Public
- Bakersfield College Bakersfield · Public
- Riverside City College Riverside · Public
- San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino · Public
Colorado 1
- Red Rocks Community College Lakewood · Public
Florida 2
- Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater Clearwater · Public
- Florida Panhandle Technical College Chipley · Public
Georgia 3
- Columbus Technical College Columbus · Public
- Savannah Technical College Savannah · Public
- Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta · Public
Idaho 1
- College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls · Public
Kansas 1
- Washburn Institute of Technology Topeka · Public
Maine 2
- Eastern Maine Community College Bangor · Public
- The Landing School Arundel · Private nonprofit
Massachusetts 2
- North Bennet Street School Boston · Private nonprofit
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston · Public
Michigan 2
- Michigan Career and Technical Institute Plainwell · Public
- Macomb Community College Warren · Public
Minnesota 3
- Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park · Public
- Saint Paul College Saint Paul · Public
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis · Private nonprofit
Nebraska 1
- Southeast Community College Area Lincoln · Public
New Jersey 1
- Ocean County Vocational-Technical School Toms River · Public
New Mexico 1
- Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe · Public
New York 2
- Villa Maria College Buffalo · Private nonprofit
- Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester · Private nonprofit
North Carolina 2
- Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte · Public
- Central Carolina Community College Sanford · Public
Ohio 1
- Hocking College Nelsonville · Public
Pennsylvania 3
- Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster · Public
- Bucks County Community College Newtown · Public
- Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Schnecksville · Public
Rhode Island 1
- Rhode Island School of Design Providence · Private nonprofit
Texas 2
- Lee College Baytown · Public
- Austin Community College District Austin · Public
Utah 2
- Utah Valley University Orem · Public
- Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City · Public
Washington 3
- Bates Technical College Tacoma · Public
- Clover Park Technical College Lakewood · Public
- Seattle Central College Seattle · Public
Wisconsin 7
- Northcentral Technical College Wausau · Public
- Fox Valley Technical College Appleton · Public
- Madison Area Technical College Madison · Public
- Northwood Technical College Rice Lake · Public
- Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee · Public
- Moraine Park Technical College Fond du Lac · Public
- Western Technical College La Crosse · Public
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CIP codes folded into this page: 48.0303, 48.0701, 48.0702, 48.0703, 48.0799. Source: IPEDS, US Department of Education.
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