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Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,762 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, plumbing & water supply was ranked #32 in the country. In fact 2,888 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Plumbing & Water Supply

Our 2023 rankings named Chippewa Valley Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for plumbing & water supply students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $6,793 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CVTC also is in the top 10% of our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a great value for plumbing & water supply students working on their basic certificate. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,731 per year.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Kennedy-King College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,430 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Plumbing & Water Supply Colleges by State

Explore the best plumbing & water supply schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 24
Indiana 302
Wisconsin 266
Ohio 179
Illinois 30

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 3 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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