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Carpentry classes in Michigan

11 carpentry programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

10 schools offer these carpentry programs, and Michigan has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Carpenters build, repair and install building frameworks and structures made from wood and other materials. Most have a high school diploma and learn on the job or through an apprenticeship.1 In Michigan, 8 of the 11 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 5 are taught partly or fully online.

See the 11 programs

How much do carpentry classes cost in Michigan?

$4,500 to $10,000 is what most carpentry programs in Michigan cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 11 programs with a price. All of them: $600 to $14,950

In the typical program

Finished the program
89%
Working 6 months later
Too few programs to say
Earned a year, estimated
Too few programs to say
Length
14 to 54 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Michigan may also offer carpentry classes. How these figures are made

Are there free carpentry classes in Michigan?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: paid apprenticeships, financial aid and the GI Bill

Carpentry classes in Detroit, South Bend, Grand Rapids and other Michigan cities

Choosing an area filters the list below. 1 program is online.

All 11 carpentry programs in Michigan approved for WIOA funding

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11 programs

  • Carpentry or construction (associate degree)In personEducation and courses

    Construction Trades Green Technology - AAS

    Southwestern Michigan College

    Dowagiac

    Education and courses

    Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac · Carpentry or construction (associate degree) · In person · Education and courses

    Earned a year, estimated$42,100
    Price if you pay yourself$14,950
    Program website, Construction Trades Green Technology - AAS at Southwestern Michigan College
    More details about Construction Trades Green Technology - AAS at Southwestern Michigan College
    Finished
    54%
    Working at 6 months
    45%
    Earned in a quarter
    $10,531
    Length
    60 weeks, 18 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $1,645
    Students counted
    43
    a year, estimated
    $42,100
    price
    $14,950

  • Carpentry certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Carpentry

    West Michigan Construction Institute

    Grand Rapids

    No diploma needed

    West Michigan Construction Institute, Grand Rapids · Carpentry certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$49,600
    Price if you pay yourself$8,365
    Program website, Carpentry at West Michigan Construction Institute
    More details about Carpentry at West Michigan Construction Institute
    Finished
    78%
    Working at 6 months
    94%
    Earned in a quarter
    $12,397
    Length
    49 weeks, 4 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $310
    Students counted
    41
    a year, estimated
    $49,600
    price
    $8,365

  • Pre-apprenticeshipIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Pre-Apprentice Carpentry

    Emerging Industries Training Institute

    Detroit

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Emerging Industries Training Institute, Detroit · Pre-apprenticeship · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$17,300
    Price if you pay yourself$5,500

    17 students trained with WIOA funding

    Program website, Pre-Apprentice Carpentry at Emerging Industries Training Institute
    More details about Pre-Apprentice Carpentry at Emerging Industries Training Institute
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    67%
    Earned in a quarter
    $4,319
    Length
    12 weeks, 25 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    40
    a year, estimated
    $17,300
    price
    $5,500
    trained with WIOA funding
    17

  • Carpentry certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Carpentry and Buiding Construction

    Detroit Training Institute of Technology

    Detroit

    No diploma needed

    Detroit Training Institute of Technology, Detroit · Carpentry certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$6,000

    35 students trained with WIOA funding

    Program website, Carpentry and Buiding Construction at Detroit Training Institute of Technology
    More details about Carpentry and Buiding Construction at Detroit Training Institute of Technology
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    16 weeks, 20 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    35
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $6,000
    trained with WIOA funding
    35

  • Carpentry certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Carpentry

    Greater Michigan Construction Academy

    Midland

    No diploma needed

    Greater Michigan Construction Academy, Midland · Carpentry certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$11,232
    Program website, Carpentry at Greater Michigan Construction Academy
    More details about Carpentry at Greater Michigan Construction Academy
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    126 weeks, 4 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $527
    Students counted
    27
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $11,232

  • Carpentry certificate or diplomaIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Carpentry

    Southeast Michigan Construction Academy

    Madison Heights

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Southeast Michigan Construction Academy, Madison Heights · Carpentry certificate or diploma · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$44,200
    Price if you pay yourself$4,400
    Program website, Carpentry at Southeast Michigan Construction Academy
    More details about Carpentry at Southeast Michigan Construction Academy
    Finished
    78%
    Working at 6 months
    79%
    Earned in a quarter
    $11,059
    Length
    34 weeks, 5 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    23
    a year, estimated
    $44,200
    price
    $4,400

  • Construction and building tradesHybridNo diploma needed

    Construction Basics

    Allegan County Area Technical & Education Center

    Allegan

    No diploma needed

    Allegan County Area Technical & Education Center, Allegan · Construction and building trades · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$600
    Program website, Construction Basics at Allegan County Area Technical & Education Center
    More details about Construction Basics at Allegan County Area Technical & Education Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 8 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $600

  • Carpentry apprenticeshipOnlineNo diploma needed

    Carpentry Career Diploma

    Northwest MI Council of Governments

    Based in Traverse City, MI

    No diploma needed

    Northwest MI Council of Governments, based in Traverse City, MI · Carpentry apprenticeship · Online · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$700
    More details about Carpentry Career Diploma at Northwest MI Council of Governments
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $700

  • Carpentry apprenticeshipHybridNo diploma needed

    Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF

    Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF

    Detroit

    No diploma needed

    Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF, Detroit · Carpentry apprenticeship · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,600
    More details about Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF at Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,600

  • Carpentry apprenticeshipHybridNo diploma needed

    Brookins Construction Apprenticeship Institutue

    Brookins Construction Trade School

    Detroit

    No diploma needed

    Brookins Construction Trade School, Detroit · Carpentry apprenticeship · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$10,000
    More details about Brookins Construction Apprenticeship Institutue at Brookins Construction Trade School
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $10,000

  • Carpentry apprenticeshipHybridNo diploma needed

    Residential Carpentry

    Brookins Construction Trade School

    Detroit

    No diploma needed

    Brookins Construction Trade School, Detroit · Carpentry apprenticeship · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$10,000
    More details about Residential Carpentry at Brookins Construction Trade School
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $10,000

How to pay for carpentry classes in Michigan

WIOA funding can pay for carpentry classes in Michigan

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5

Paid carpentry apprenticeships

An apprenticeship is a job: you're paid to learn, with a raise as your skills grow, and most include classroom teaching. You apply to the employer or the program sponsor. Ask what you'll pay for the classroom part and what you'll earn on the job.6

Financial aid and grants for carpentry classes

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.78

GI Bill for carpentry classes

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.9

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Quick facts: Carpentry classes in Michigan

programs with a price cost under $5,000
4 of 11
lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
15th of 19
carpentry programs here, against the typical state's 5
11 vs 5

State comparisons use the same figures as the carpentry classes by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Carpentry apprenticeships in Michigan

A carpentry apprenticeship sets a number of hours of classes and paid work on the job for each year. Unions and contractor associations run most programs, and apprentices learn carpentry basics, blueprint reading, math, building codes, and safety and first aid.1

You apply to the employer or the program sponsor, not through a school.6 The Department of Labor's Apprenticeship Finder lists openings by place and job. This page lists 4 carpentry apprenticeships approved for WIOA funding in Michigan. Ask what you'll pay for the classes and what you'll earn on the job. There is also 1 pre-apprenticeship here, a course that prepares you to apply.

Show only the 4 carpentry apprenticeships

What is an apprenticeship, and can WIOA pay for one?

Where the Michigan carpentry program numbers come from

Which Michigan carpentry programs are on this list?

These are the carpentry programs Michigan approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).10 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Michigan offers.

How Michigan carpentry program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some carpentry programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

Other training in Michigan

Sources for the facts about carpentry classes in Michigan

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Carpenters
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220 and 680.310: career services before training, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Labor, Apprenticeship.gov: Discover Apprenticeship: Earn While You Learn Today (fact sheet)
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  8. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  9. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  10. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List