2023 Most Focused Colleges for Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Pipefitting/Pipefitter and Sprinkler Fitter Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter is the 850th most popular major in the country with 638 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 48 pipefitting/pipefitter and sprinkler fitter graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Pipefitting/Pipefitter and Sprinkler Fitter Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pipefitting/pipefitter and sprinkler fitter. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their pipefitting/pipefitter and sprinkler fitter program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools Highly Focused on Pipefitting/Pipefitter and Sprinkler Fitter Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region pipefitting/pipefitter and sprinkler fitter students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter in the Southwest Region

1

Brazosport College
Lake Jackson, Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Pipefitting/Pipefitter and Sprinkler Fitter Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brazosport College landed the #1 spot on the list. Lake Jackson, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pipefitting/pipefitter and sprinkler fitter degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter at Brazosport College

2

Lee College
Baytown, Texas

#22 overall quality in Southwest

$53,502 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,896 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Pipefitting/Pipefitter and Sprinkler Fitter Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Baytown, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified ’s pipefitting/pipefitter and sprinkler fitter students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter at Lee College

• Most Focused Colleges for Pipefitting/Pipefitter & Sprinkler Fitter

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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