2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing Technology/Plumber (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 plumbing technology/plumber graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plumbing technology/plumber programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the plumbing technology/plumber program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree plumbing technology/plumber students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing Technology/Plumber (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$7,646 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Plumbing Technology/Plumber Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. CNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 2 associates’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 Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,646 for southwest region associate degree plumbing technology/plumber students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Central New Mexico Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing Technology/Plumber (Income $75-$110k)

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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