2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing Technology/Plumber in the Southwest Region
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Plumbing Technology/Plumber is the 1035th most popular major in the country with 2,209 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 76 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 $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in plumbing technology/plumber. That schools that top this list have a program in plumbing technology/plumber in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing Technology/Plumber in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region list. CNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 associates’s plumbing technology/plumber degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Central New Mexico Community College Plumbing Technology/Plumber Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is located in McKinney, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 associates’s plumbing technology/plumber degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Collin County Community College District Plumbing Technology/Plumber Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona Western College landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona Western College is located in Yuma, Arizona and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s plumbing technology/plumber degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Arizona Western College Plumbing Technology/Plumber Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend GateWay Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Plumbing Technology/Plumber Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s plumbing technology/plumber students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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
- *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.
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