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2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$7,249 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,725 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree School for You

Plumbing & Water Supply is the #32 most popular major in the country with 2,888 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree 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.

2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for plumbing majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Plumbing & Water Supply

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for plumbing & water supply students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year. Plumbing majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out an average of $6,306 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College also did well on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Plumbing & Water Supply at Ivy Tech Community College Report

Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, St Cloud Technical and Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

St Cloud Technical and Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,075 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, St Cloud Technical and Community College also did well on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Plumbing & Water Supply at St Cloud Technical and Community College

Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $4,815 per year.

Full Plumbing & Water Supply at Metropolitan Community College Report

Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 per year. Plumbing majors at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology take out an average of $8,700 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

Read full report on Plumbing & Water Supply at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,978 per year.

Read full report on Plumbing & Water Supply at Central New Mexico Community College

Plumbing & Water Supply by Region

View the Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

One of 6 majors within the trade school area of study, plumbing & water supply has other similar majors worth exploring.

Plumbing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Plumbing Technology/Plumber 2,209
Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter 663
Other Plumbing & Related Water Supply Services 11
Well Drilling/Driller 5

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 26,459
Building Management & Inspection 5,269
Carpentry 3,899
Construction 1,813
Masonry 284

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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