Best Schools for Plumbing in 2026
These are the top schools offering Plumbing, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Plumbing graduate earns $42,601/yr across 19 schools.
All Plumbing Programs Ranked
Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.
| # | School | TSW Score | Earnings | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
Chicago, IL · Plumbing |
82
80–82 |
$82,055/yr | 186.3x |
| 2 |
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN · Plumbing |
77
76–78 |
$82,191/yr | 90.7x |
| 3 |
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI · Plumbing |
81
80–82 |
$79,589/yr | 160.9x |
| 4 |
St Cloud Technical and Community College
Saint Cloud, MN · Plumbing |
71
70–71 |
$44,240/yr | 88.2x |
| 5 |
Emily Griffith Technical College
Denver, CO · Plumbing |
63
62–64 |
$63,386/yr | — |
| 6 |
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN · Plumbing |
66
65–66 |
$40,030/yr | 67.1x |
| 7 |
Industrial Management Training Institute
Waterbury, CT · Plumbing |
58
56–58 |
$42,300/yr | — |
| 8 |
Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, MO · Plumbing |
57
56–57 |
$43,556/yr | 24.6x |
| 9 |
Sheridan Technical College
Hollywood, FL · Plumbing |
54
52–54 |
$35,066/yr | — |
| 10 |
Orleans Technical College
Philadelphia, PA · Plumbing |
54
52–55 |
$35,730/yr | — |
| 11 |
South Florida Institute of Technology
Miami, FL · Plumbing |
54
52–54 |
$35,252/yr | — |
| 12 |
Pennco Tech-Bristol
Bristol, PA · Plumbing |
52
50–52 |
$31,668/yr | — |
| 13 |
Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS
Hackensack, NJ · Plumbing |
50
49–51 |
$30,184/yr | — |
| 14 |
Apex Technical School
Long Island City, NY · Plumbing |
50
48–50 |
$29,497/yr | — |
| 15 |
New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich, RI · Plumbing |
50
48–51 |
$40,744/yr | 7.2x |
| 16 |
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton
Elizabethton, TN · Plumbing |
48
46–49 |
$27,133/yr | — |
| 17 |
Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences
Paterson, NJ · Plumbing |
46
45–47 |
$24,973/yr | — |
| 18 |
Berk Trade and Business School
Long Island City, NY · Plumbing |
45
43–45 |
$22,660/yr | — |
| 19 |
NUC University
Bayamon, PR · Plumbing |
41
41–42 |
$19,156/yr | 22.8x |
Methodology
Programs are ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (projected earnings vs. program tuition).
Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.