Oregon contains one school that offers carpentry programs. Chemeketa Community College has a total student population of 12,217 and is the 5468th highest ranked school in America.
Carpentry students from Oregon 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 Oregon alone, there are 10,170 employed construction laborers earning an average yearly salary of $33,710. Carpenters in this state earn $43,440/yr and there are 12,740 employed.
Also, within the carpentry schools in Oregon, the average student population is 2,645 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from carpentry, there are 2428 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,810 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,147, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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