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Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$6,204 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,391 Avg Salary

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

Plumbing & Water Supply is the #23 most popular major in Minnesota with 119 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Minnesota to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for plumbing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Plumbing & Water Supply

#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

Our analysis found Saint Paul College to be the best value school for plumbing & water supply students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Minnesota. Saint Paul College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Saint Paul College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,318 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Minnesota State Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value plumbing & water supply schools in Minnesota. M State is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Fergus Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at M State are $5,900 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, St Cloud Technical and Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $6,075 per year. The average amount in student loans that plumbing majors at St Cloud Technical and Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $7,050.

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Out of the 5 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Northland Community and Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Thief River Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northland Community and Technical College are $6,244 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Minnesota West Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value plumbing & water supply schools in Minnesota. Located in the remote town of Granite Falls, Minnesota West is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Minnesota West are $6,484 a year.

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Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 22
Missouri 49
South Dakota 24
Iowa 20
North Dakota 9
Nebraska 12

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

Majors Similar to Plumbing

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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