Woodworking
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Woodworking degree recipients are Baytown, TX, Brooklyn Park, MN, and Lakewood, CO. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Woodworking degree recipients are Brooklyn Park, MN, Baytown, TX, and Lancaster, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Woodworking is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Woodworking and the types of students that study this field. Lee College awards the most degrees in Woodworking in the US, but Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building and North Bennet Street School have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Woodworking.
Tuition costs for Woodworking majors are, on average, $4,386 for in-state public colleges, and $55,784 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Woodworking programs are Public, 2-year institutions (47 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (340 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Woodworking, is Public, 2-year (340 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Woodworking programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Lee College has the most Woodworking degree recipients, with 46 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Woodworking.
Out of all institutions that offer Woodworking programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Woodworking, with 67.4%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Woodworking by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Precision Production in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years. Male employees are more likely to hold Precision Production degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Precision Production (380 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Woodworking are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Associates Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Woodworking.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Woodworking for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Woodworking.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Woodworking field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Woodworking majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Woodworking majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Equipment Selection.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Woodworking majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Monitoring are the three most important skills for people in the field.
