Woodworking

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    Total Degrees​
    Awarded in 2024
    659
    growing 12.3%
    Median In-State​
    Public Tuition
    $4,488
    growing 2.33%
    Median Out-of-State​
    Private Tuition
    $58,260
    growing 4.44%

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    In 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Woodworking degree recipients are Brooklyn Park, MN, Baytown, TX, and Lakewood, CO. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Woodworking degree recipients are Port Hadlock-Irondale, WA, Brooklyn Park, MN, and Cheektowaga, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Woodworking is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.

    Institutions

    Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Woodworking and the types of students that study this field. Hennepin Technical 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, $4,488 for in-state public colleges, and $58,260 for out of state private colleges.

    The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Woodworking programs are Public, 2-year institutions (45 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (404 completions).

    Institutions

    Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Woodworking (2024)
    1. 69 degrees awarded
    2. 58 degrees awarded
    3. 55 degrees awarded

    The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Woodworking, is Public, 2-year (404 completions in 2024).

    The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Woodworking programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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    Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

    $4,488
    Median In-State Public
    $58,260
    Median Out of State Private

    Hennepin Technical College has the most Woodworking degree recipients, with 69 degrees awarded in 2024.

    The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Woodworking.

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    Specialized Colleges

    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 63.8%.

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    Degrees Awarded by County

    Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Woodworking
    1. 70 degrees awarded
    2. 58 degrees awarded
    3. 55 degrees awarded

    This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Woodworking by year.

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    Diversity

    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 (429 students).

    Degrees Awarded

    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.

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    Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

    Male (79.5%)
    Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

    This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Woodworking.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

    Degrees
    Most Common Race or Ethnicity
    1. White
      429 degrees awarded in 2024
    2. Hispanic or Latino
      87 degrees awarded in 2024
    3. Black or African American
      54 degrees awarded in 2024

    This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Woodworking for each race & ethnicity.

    In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Sex

    Degrees
    Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
    1. White Male
      90 degrees awarded
    2. Hispanic or Latino Male
      14 degrees awarded
    3. White Female
      13 degrees awarded

    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.

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    Skills

    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 Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Woodworking majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, 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 Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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