2022 Best Value Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,708 people earned their degree in plumbing technology/plumber, making the major the 1045th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 34 plumbing technology/plumber graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plumbing technology/plumber programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the plumbing technology/plumber program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region plumbing technology/plumber students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Plumbing Technology/Plumber (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$2,604 Average Net Price

$29,375 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 11 ’s plumbing technology/plumber degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $2,604 for southwest region plumbing technology/plumber students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Plumbing Technology/Plumber at Central New Mexico Community College

• Best Value Colleges for Plumbing Technology/Plumber (Income $0-$30k)

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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