2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Plumbing & Water Supply School for You
In 2020-2021, 2,617 people earned a degree or certificate in plumbing and water supply, making the major the #32 most popular in the United States.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools ranking. This report analyzed 40 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for plumbing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Colleges.
Top 10 Best Plumbing & Water Supply Schools
Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for plumbing and water supply students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College also did well on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. Saint Paul College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.
Saint Paul College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,041 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeast Community College Area. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeast Community College are $3,780 a year.
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Out of the 40 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,826 per year.
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The excellent programs at Chippewa Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best plumbing and water supply schools in the United States. Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CVTC are $6,683 a year.
CVTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Trade Schools list.
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southwest Tech are $6,683 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Southwest Tech also did well on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Northeast Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools ranking. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Norfolk.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeast are $5,010 a year.
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Minnesota State Community and Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value plumbing and water supply programs. M State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Fergus Falls.
M State undergraduate students pay an average of $5,862 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #9, St Cloud Technical and Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plumbing and water supply students. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $5,874 per year.
St Cloud Technical and Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Trade Schools list.
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With a ranking of #10, Northland Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plumbing and water supply students. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Thief River Falls.
Northland Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,052 in tuition and fees each year.
Plumbing & Water Supply by Region
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Plumbing & Water Supply Related Majors for Plumbing
Plumbing & Water Supply is one of 6 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Plumbing Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Plumbing Technology/Plumber | 1,906 |
Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter | 638 |
Other Plumbing & Related Water Supply Services | 69 |
Well Drilling/Driller | 4 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Plumbing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 23,527 |
Building Management & Inspection | 4,511 |
Carpentry | 3,273 |
Construction | 1,435 |
Masonry | 274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Tomwsulcer.
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