Virginia contains one school that offers carpentry programs. Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center has a total student population of 218 and is the 964th highest ranked school in America.
Carpentry students from Virginia 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 Virginia alone, there are 24,820 employed construction laborers earning an average yearly salary of $26,180. Carpenters in this state earn $39,270/yr and there are 21,250 employed.
Also, within the carpentry schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from carpentry, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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