Arizona contains ten schools that offer carpentry programs. Maricopa Skill Center, the highest-ranking carpentry school in AZ, has a total student population of 941 and is the 1649th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 10 carpentry schools in Arizona, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Maricopa Skill Center comes out as the most expensive ($16,056/yr), with Cochise College as the lowest recorded at only $3,614/yr.
Carpentry students from Arizona schools who go on to become carpenters, construction managers, construction workers, construction engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 743,760 people working as carpenters alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $43,640. Also, Construction laborers make on average $33,190 per year and there are about 856,440 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Arizona alone, there are 19,590 employed construction laborers earning an average yearly salary of $30,070. Carpenters in this state earn $38,350/yr and there are 23,180 employed.
Also, within the carpentry schools in Arizona, the average student population is 7,131 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Aside from carpentry, there are 3266 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,667 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,108, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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