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2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

33 Colleges
$8,480 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,391 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 33 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

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

Saint Paul College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,041 in tuition and fees each year. Plumbing majors at Saint Paul College take out an average of $14,291 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Saint Paul College also claimed a spot on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southeast Community College Area is a great value for plumbing and water supply students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a medium-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 be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,826 a year.

Read full report on Plumbing & Water Supply at Western Iowa Tech Community College

#4

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

Full Plumbing & Water Supply at Ivy Tech Community College Report

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northeast Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value plumbing and water supply schools in the United States. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Norfolk.

Northeast undergraduate students pay an average of $5,010 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that plumbing majors at Northeast take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $6,271.

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Minnesota State Community and Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. 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 places for plumbing and water supply students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $5,874 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 $9,178.

St Cloud Technical and Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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Northland Community and Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for plumbing and water supply students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Thief River Falls.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northland Community and Technical College are $6,052 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Northland Community and Technical College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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With a ranking of #9, Hillsborough Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for plumbing and water supply students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Tampa, HCC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at HCC are $9,111 a year.

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Texas State Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for plumbing and water supply students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TSTC are $11,369 per year.

TSTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Plumbing & Water Supply Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Plumbing & Water Supply at Texas State Technical College Report

Plumbing & Water Supply by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 6 majors within the area of study, plumbing and water supply has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 26 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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