2022 Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,429 people earned their degree in plumbing and water supply, making the major the 309th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, plumbing and water supply graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,880 and had an average of $8,438 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 20 plumbing and water supply graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,167 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 plumbing and water supply graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plumbing and water supply programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the plumbing and water supply program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The plumbing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island associate degree plumbing students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing & Water Supply in Rhode Island

#1

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$31,690 Average Net Price

$37,030 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. East Greenwich, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s plumbing degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

New England Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $31,690 for Rhode Island Associate Degree Plumbing students per year to attend New England Tech.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Plumbing & Water Supply at New England Tech

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing & Water Supply in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing & Water Supply

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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