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Carpentry classes in Virginia

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

8 schools offer these carpentry programs, and Virginia 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 Virginia, 5 of the 15 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 1 is taught partly or fully online.

See the 15 programs

How much do carpentry classes cost in Virginia?

$1,770 to $2,427 is what most carpentry programs in Virginia cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 15 programs with a price. All of them: $600 to $27,852

In the typical program

Finished the program
Too few programs to say
Working 6 months later
Too few programs to say
Earned a year, estimated
Too few programs to say
Length
6 to 15 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 Virginia may also offer carpentry classes. How these figures are made

Are there free carpentry classes in Virginia?

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

Carpentry classes in Virginia Beach, Lynchburg, Richmond and other Virginia cities

Choosing an area filters the list below. 4 in smaller cities and towns.

All 15 carpentry programs in Virginia approved for WIOA funding

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15 programs

  • Short course or single levelIn personNo diploma needed

    Carpentry Level 1 - NCCER Carpentry Level 1

    Virginia Peninsula Community College

    Hampton

    No diploma needed

    Virginia Peninsula Community College, Hampton · Short course or single level · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,349
    School website, Carpentry Level 1 - NCCER Carpentry Level 1 at Virginia Peninsula Community College
    More details about Carpentry Level 1 - NCCER Carpentry Level 1 at Virginia Peninsula Community College
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 12 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    15
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,349

  • Short course or single levelIn personNo diploma needed

    Carpentry - Level 1

    Tidewater Community College

    Norfolk

    No diploma needed

    Tidewater Community College, Norfolk · Short course or single level · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$27,300
    Price if you pay yourself$2,349
    More details about Carpentry - Level 1 at Tidewater Community College
    Finished
    85%
    Working at 6 months
    52%
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,816
    Length
    20 weeks, 8 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    13
    a year, estimated
    $27,300
    price
    $2,349

  • Carpentry certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Carpentry

    5C's Carpentry, Construction Certification Contracting Couns

    Richmond

    No diploma needed

    5C's Carpentry, Construction Certification Contracting Couns, Richmond · Carpentry certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$22,800
    Price if you pay yourself$1,800

    5 students trained with WIOA funding

    School website, Carpentry at 5C's Carpentry, Construction Certification Contracting Couns
    More details about Carpentry at 5C's Carpentry, Construction Certification Contracting Couns
    Finished
    78%
    Working at 6 months
    100%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,688
    Length
    15 weeks, 5 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $200
    Students counted
    10
    a year, estimated
    $22,800
    price
    $1,800
    trained with WIOA funding
    5

  • Carpentry certificate or diplomaIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Carpentry

    Centura College/Chesapeake, Norfolk, Peninsula

    Virginia Beach

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Centura College/Chesapeake, Norfolk, Peninsula, Virginia Beach · Carpentry certificate or diploma · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$27,852
    More details about Carpentry at Centura College/Chesapeake, Norfolk, Peninsula
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    48 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    21
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $27,852

  • Carpentry apprenticeshipIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Carpenter

    Richmond Adult Technical Center

    Richmond

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Richmond Adult Technical Center, Richmond · Carpentry apprenticeship · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$600
    School website, Carpenter at Richmond Adult Technical Center
    More details about Carpenter at Richmond Adult Technical Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    3 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $600

  • Short course or single levelIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Carpentry Level 1

    Virginia Technical Institute

    Altavista

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Virginia Technical Institute, Altavista · Short course or single level · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$940
    More details about Carpentry Level 1 at Virginia Technical Institute
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $940

  • Carpentry apprenticeshipHybridNo diploma needed

    Carpentry Apprentice Program

    Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center (CATEC)

    Charlottesville

    No diploma needed

    Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center (CATEC), Charlottesville · Carpentry apprenticeship · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,125
    More details about Carpentry Apprentice Program at Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center (CATEC)
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    120 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,125

  • Short course or single levelIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Carpentry Level 2

    Virginia Technical Institute

    Altavista

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Virginia Technical Institute, Altavista · Short course or single level · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,770
    More details about Carpentry Level 2 at Virginia Technical Institute
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,770

  • Short course or single levelIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Carpentry Level 3

    Virginia Technical Institute

    Altavista

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Virginia Technical Institute, Altavista · Short course or single level · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,770
    More details about Carpentry Level 3 at Virginia Technical Institute
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,770

  • Short course or single levelIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Carpentry Level 4

    Virginia Technical Institute

    Altavista

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Virginia Technical Institute, Altavista · Short course or single level · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,770
    More details about Carpentry Level 4 at Virginia Technical Institute
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,770

  • Short course or single levelIn personNo diploma needed

    Carpentry Level 2 - NCCER Carpentry Level 2

    Virginia Peninsula Community College

    Hampton

    No diploma needed

    Virginia Peninsula Community College, Hampton · Short course or single level · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,250
    School website, Carpentry Level 2 - NCCER Carpentry Level 2 at Virginia Peninsula Community College
    More details about Carpentry Level 2 - NCCER Carpentry Level 2 at Virginia Peninsula Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 12 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,250

  • Short course or single levelIn personPrerequisite courses

    NCCER Carpentry Level 1

    Mountain Gateway Community College

    Clifton Forge

    Prerequisite courses

    Mountain Gateway Community College, Clifton Forge · Short course or single level · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,349
    More details about NCCER Carpentry Level 1 at Mountain Gateway Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    6 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,349

  • Short course or single levelIn personPrerequisite courses

    NCCER Carpentry Level 2

    Mountain Gateway Community College

    Clifton Forge

    Prerequisite courses

    Mountain Gateway Community College, Clifton Forge · Short course or single level · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,505
    More details about NCCER Carpentry Level 2 at Mountain Gateway Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    6 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,505

  • Short course or single levelIn personPrerequisite courses

    NCCER Carpentry Level 3

    Mountain Gateway Community College

    Clifton Forge

    Prerequisite courses

    Mountain Gateway Community College, Clifton Forge · Short course or single level · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,505
    More details about NCCER Carpentry Level 3 at Mountain Gateway Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    6 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,505

  • Short course or single levelIn personPrerequisite courses

    NCCER Carpentry Level 4

    Mountain Gateway Community College

    Clifton Forge

    Prerequisite courses

    Mountain Gateway Community College, Clifton Forge · Short course or single level · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,505
    More details about NCCER Carpentry Level 4 at Mountain Gateway Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    6 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,505

How to pay for carpentry classes in Virginia

WIOA funding can pay for carpentry classes in Virginia

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 Virginia

programs with a price cost under $2,000
7 of 15
lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
4th of 19
carpentry programs here, against the typical state's 5
15 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 Virginia

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 2 carpentry apprenticeships approved for WIOA funding in Virginia. Ask what you'll pay for the classes and what you'll earn on the job.

Show only the 2 carpentry apprenticeships

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

Where the Virginia carpentry program numbers come from

Which Virginia carpentry programs are on this list?

These are the carpentry programs Virginia 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 Virginia offers.

How Virginia 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 Virginia

Sources for the facts about carpentry classes in Virginia

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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