You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in plumbing technology/plumber. It is ranked #1035 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,906 degrees in plumbing technology/plumber during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Plumbing Technology/Plumber School
Your choice of plumbing technology/plumber school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for plumbing technology/plumber schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Plumbing Technology/Plumber Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Plumbing Technology/Plumber in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of plumbing technology/plumber degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Western Technical College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in plumbing technology/plumber. Located in the small city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #451 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Western Technical College is a great college overall.More information about a degree in plumbing technology/plumber from Western Technical College
Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in plumbing technology/plumber. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a large public college located in the city of Los Angeles. This college ranks 136th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 12 plumbing technology/plumber students who graduated with this degree at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in the most recent data year.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a great decision for students interested in a degree in plumbing technology/plumber. Located in the small city of Lancaster, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #321 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a great college overall.
There were about 14 plumbing technology/plumber students who graduated with this degree at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
St Cloud Technical and Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in plumbing technology/plumber. Located in the city of Saint Cloud, St Cloud Technical and Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 32nd out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 18 plumbing technology/plumber students who graduated with this degree at St Cloud Technical and Community College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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