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Most Popular Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

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

With 30 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, plumbing & water supply is the #33 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Most Popular Plumbing & Water Supply Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Plumbing & Water Supply program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for plumbing majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College the most popular school in Illinois for plumbing & water supply students working on their basic certificate. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 11% of the students majoring in plumbing at the school are women while 89% are male.

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#2

Triton College

River Grove, IL

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Triton College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular plumbing & water supply schools in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of River Grove, Triton College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Plumbing & Water Supply Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Plumbing & Water Supply Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 24
Indiana 302
Wisconsin 266
Ohio 179

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 2 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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