2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Plumbing & Water Supply School for You
Plumbing & Water Supply is the #311 most popular major in the country with 2,617 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's 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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 40 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value 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.
Top 10 Best Plumbing & Water Supply Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the United States for plumbing and water supply students. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, plumbing graduates from Ivy Tech Community College carry an average student debtload of $6,687.
Ivy Tech Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. Saint Paul College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Paul College are $6,041 per year. After completing their degree, plumbing graduates from Saint Paul College carry an average student debtload of $13,153.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Community College Area. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Community College are $3,780 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,826 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Chippewa Valley Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. 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 $6,683 per year.
CVTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list.
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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.
Southwest Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $6,683 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Southwest Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Schools ranking.
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Northeast Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value plumbing and water supply programs. Northeast is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Norfolk.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeast are $5,010 per year.
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Minnesota State Community and Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Schools ranking. M State is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Fergus Falls.
M State undergraduate students pay an average of $5,862 in tuition and fees each year.
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St Cloud Technical and Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for plumbing and water supply students. It came in at #9 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 $5,874 in tuition and fees each year. Plumbing majors at St Cloud Technical and Community College take out an average of $5,500 in student loans while working on their egree.
In addition to its great value ranking, St Cloud Technical and Community College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Schools list.
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With a ranking of #10, Northland Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plumbing and water supply students. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Thief River Falls.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northland Community and Technical College are $6,052 a year.
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Plumbing & Water Supply Related Majors for Plumbing
One of 6 majors within the area of study, plumbing and water supply has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Plumbing
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 23,527 |
| Building Management & Inspection | 4,511 |
| Carpentry | 3,273 |
| Construction | 1,435 |
| Masonry | 274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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.