2022 Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Plumbing & Water Supply is the 309th most popular major in the country with 2,429 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southwest region, there were 218 plumbing and water supply graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,750 and $7,125 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 plumbing and water supply graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the plumbing and water supply program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Plumbing & Water Supply Schools

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 Schools for an Associate 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 Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing & Water Supply (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

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Plumbing Schools for an Associate 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. CNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s plumbing degrees to qualified students.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Plumbing & Water Supply Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $2,604 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Plumbing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Plumbing & Water Supply at CNM

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plumbing & Water Supply (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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