Best Carpenter Schools in America
2026 Rankings
Top programs ranked by a composite score of graduate earnings, completion rate, and program cost. Covering framing, finish work, and structural carpentry.
Berk Trade and Business School
Long Island City, NYcertificateprivate
Earnings
$49,748
Completion
94%
Score
70/100
Fayette Institute of Technology
Oak Hill, WVcertificatepublic
Earnings
$41,880
Completion
92%
Score
69/100
Union County Vocational Technical School
Scotch Plains, NJcertificatepublic
Earnings
$37,590
Completion
96%
Score
66/100
MotoRing Technical Training Institute
East Providence, RIcertificateprivate
Earnings
$48,281
Completion
93%
Score
66/100
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, CAcertificatepublic
Earnings
$57,072
Completion
60%
Score
66/100
Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, SDassociatepublic
Earnings
$50,743
Completion
71%
Score
65/100
Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS
Hackensack, NJcertificatepublic
Earnings
$49,739
Completion
73%
Score
64/100
Perry Technical Institute
Yakima, WAcertificateprivate
Earnings
$57,764
Completion
77%
Score
64/100
Triangle Tech Inc-Greensburg
Greensburg, PAassociateprivate
Earnings
$53,788
Completion
80%
Score
64/100
Triangle Tech Inc-Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PAassociateprivate
Earnings
$53,788
Completion
75%
Score
62/100
Southern California Institute of Technology
Anaheim, CAcertificateprivate
Earnings
$53,598
Completion
79%
Score
60/100
Apex Technical School
Long Island City, NYcertificateprivate
Earnings
$41,093
Completion
80%
Score
59/100
Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury
Sunbury, PAassociateprivate
Earnings
$45,538
Completion
77%
Score
58/100
Pennco Tech-Bristol
Bristol, PAcertificateprivate
Earnings
$43,493
Completion
78%
Score
58/100
Escuela Tecnica de Electricidad
Ponce, PRcertificateprivate
Earnings
$26,398
Completion
91%
Score
58/100
Escuela de Peritos Electricistas de Isabela Inc
Isabela, PRcertificateprivate
Earnings
$24,480
Completion
90%
Score
58/100
Industrial Management Training Institute
Waterbury, CTcertificateprivate
Earnings
$55,344
Completion
76%
Score
57/100
Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences
Paterson, NJcertificateprivate
Earnings
$43,917
Completion
80%
Score
57/100
Orleans Technical College
Philadelphia, PAcertificateprivate
Earnings
$38,668
Completion
87%
Score
57/100
North Bennet Street School
Boston, MAcertificateprivate
Earnings
$43,993
Completion
96%
Score
56/100
Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PAassociateprivate
Earnings
$51,953
Completion
59%
Score
56/100
Professional Technical Institution
Bayamon, PRcertificateprivate
Earnings
$24,336
Completion
87%
Score
56/100
Lincoln Technical Institute-Union
Union, NJcertificateprivate
Earnings
$46,396
Completion
72%
Score
56/100
Lake Land College
Mattoon, ILcertificatepublic
Earnings
$38,877
Completion
54%
Score
55/100
Northwest Kansas Technical College
Goodland, KScertificatepublic
Earnings
$38,616
Completion
77%
Score
55/100