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2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$8,501 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate 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 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 Basic Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the United States 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.

2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the plumbing basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the best value school for plumbing & water supply students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the United States. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.

Western Iowa Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,946 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Chippewa Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value plumbing & water supply schools in the United States. Located in the 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.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CVTC also did well on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value plumbing & water supply schools in the United States. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Southwest Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $6,731 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 13 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TSTC are $11,094 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wake Technical Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Schools list. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wake Technical Community College are $8,912 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Atlanta Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plumbing & water supply students working on their basic certificate. Atlanta Area Tech is a small public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Atlanta Area Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $5,564 in tuition and fees each year.

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City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for plumbing & water supply students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.

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

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With a ranking of #8, Minnesota West Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plumbing & water supply students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Granite Falls, Minnesota West is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Minnesota West are $12,332 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota West also did well on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate plumbing & water supply programs. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Western Dakota Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,333 in tuition and fees each year.

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Delaware County Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Delaware County Community College are $14,400 a year.

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Plumbing & Water Supply by Region

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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 13 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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