50 Best Plumbing Schools in the U.S. (2025 Updated)

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Choosing the right school or training program is a crucial first step if you’re considering a career in plumbing.

Here are the key factors that matter most when selecting a plumbing school:

Accreditation & Licensing Prep – Ensure the program is accredited and prepares you for state licensing exams.
Hands-On Training – Choose a school with real-world, practical experience, not just classroom theory.
Experienced Instructors – Look for teachers with professional plumbing backgrounds.
Flexible Scheduling – Night, weekend, or online options can help if you’re working or have a busy schedule.
Cost & Financial Aid – Compare tuition and check for scholarships or union-sponsored programs.
Job Placement Support – A good school connects you with apprenticeships and employers.
Program Length – Pick a program that matches your career timeline (short-term certificate or full degree).
Reputation – Read reviews and find out where graduates are working now.

Below, you will find the top 10 plumbing schools in each state.

Good luck!

Alabama

	Rank	School
	#1	Lawson State Community College
	#2	Northeast Alabama Community College
	#3	Alabama State University
	#4	Auburn University
	#5	UA Local 52
	#6	Southland Training Solutions
	#7	Coastal Alabama Community College
	#8	Bevill State Community College
	#9	J.F. Ingram State
	#10	ICC Training

Alaska

	Rank	School
	#1	Alaska Apprenticeship Training Coordinators Association
	#2	Plumbers and Pipefitters Fairbanks UA Local 375
	#3	Alaska Vocational Technical Center
	#4	Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 367
	#5	University of Alaska Southeast
	#6	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#7	California State University Chico
	#8	Northwest Arkansas Community College
	#9	College of Central Florida
	#10	Georgia Piedmont Technical College

Arizona

	Rank	School
	#1	UA Local 469
	#2	National Technical Institute
	#3	Piping Industry Progress & Education Fund
	#4	Idea'l Institute
	#5	Maricopa Community Colleges
	#6	EVIT College and Career
	#7	Arizona Western College
	#8	Pima Community College
	#9	Brewer Craftsman Academy
	#10	Plumbers Training Institute

Arkansas

	Rank	School
	#1	Ultimate Technical Academy
	#2	Arkansas Construction Education Foundation
	#3	Conway Area Career Center
	#4	National Apprenticeship Training Foundation
	#5	Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship Training of Arkansas
	#6	Northwest Arkansas Community College
	#7	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#8	College of Central Florida
	#9	Modesto Junior College
	#10	Georgia Piedmont Technical College

California

	Rank	School
	#1	Pipe Trades Training Center
	#2	Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association of California
	#3	Fresno Area Plumbers Plumbers Pipefitters HVACR Technicians Joint Apprentice & Journeyman Training Center
	#4	Diablo Valley College
	#5	Summit College
	#6	United Association Local 447
	#7	California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association
	#8	Foothill College
	#9	Modesto Junior College
	#10	California State University Chico

Colorado

	Rank	School
	#1	Red Rocks Community College
	#2	Plumbers Training Institute
	#3	Emily Griffith Technical College
	#4	Western States College of Construction
	#5	Construction Industry Training Council
	#6	Plumbers Local Union 3
	#7	Colorado Mesa University
	#8	ICC Training
	#9	Pikes Peak State College
	#10	Rocket Cert

Connecticut

	Rank	School
	#1	Connecticut Technical Education and Career System
	#2	Industrial Management & Training Institute
	#3	Porter and Chester Institute
	#4	Platt Technical High School
	#5	United Association Local 777 Plumbers & Pipefitters
	#6	Construction Education Center
	#7	Bristol Technical Education Center
	#8	A.I. Prince Technical High School
	#9	CT State Community College
	#10	W.F. Kaynor Technical High School

Delaware

	Rank	School
	#1	Polytech Adult Education
	#2	U.A. Local 486 Apprenticeship
	#3	Philadelphia Suburban Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors
	#4	Pumbers Training Institute
	#5	Delaware County Community College
	#6	UA Local 74
	#7	Maintenance Troubleshooting International
	#8	Rocket Cert
	#9	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#10	College of Central Florida

Florida

	Rank	School
	#1	Plumbing Contractors Association
	#2	South Florida Institute of Technology
	#3	DMAC Tech Trade School
	#4	Orange Technical College
	#5	Seminole State College of Florida
	#6	Lively Technical College
	#7	Pensacola State College
	#8	Hillsborough Community College
	#9	College of Central Florida
	#10	Polk Technical Colleges

Georgia

	Rank	School
	#1	Georgia Plumbing Institute
	#2	Central Georgia Technical College
	#3	Plumbers Training Institute
	#4	Georgia Piedmont Technical College
	#5	Fitzgerald and Sons Plumbing Company
	#6	PHCC of Georgia
	#7	Valdosta State University
	#8	Atlanta Technical College
	#9	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#10	College of Central Florida

Hawaii

	Rank	School
	#1	Hawaii Laborers' Apprenticeship & Training
	#2	University of Hawai'i- Honolulu Community College
	#3	Plumbers Training Institute
	#4	University of Hawai'i- Hawai'i Community College
	#5	Associated Builders and Contractors Hawaii
	#6	Rocket Cert
	#7	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#8	U.S. Career Institute
	#9	Penn Foster
	#10	Preppy Trades

Idaho

	Rank	School
	#1	College of Western Idaho
	#2	North Idaho College
	#3	CSI Workforce Development & Training
	#4	Idaho Works
	#5	Idaho State University
	#6	College of Eastern Idaho
	#7	Lewis Clark State College
	#8	Boise State University
	#9	Rocket Cert
	#10	DMAC Tech Trade School Online

Illinois

	Rank	School
	#1	The Building and Fire Code Academy
	#2	Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Local Union 130 UA
	#3	University of Illinois Springfield
	#4	Ranken Technical College
	#5	Plumbers Training Institute
	#6	City Colleges of Chicago
	#7	Lake Land College
	#8	Plumbing Code Consultants
	#9	Triton College
	#10	Northwestern University

Indiana

	Rank	School
	#1	Mechanical Skills, Inc- Plumbing Apprenticeship School
	#2	Fort Wayne Community College
	#3	Local 157 Training Center
	#4	Indiana PHCC
	#5	Hoosier Trade School
	#6	Indiana Tech
	#7	Plumbers Training Institute
	#8	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#9	U.S. Career Institute
	#10	Penn Foster

Iowa

	Rank	School
	#1	Iowa Western
	#2	Iowa Central
	#3	Kirkwood Community College
	#4	Hawkeye Community College
	#5	Sioux Career Academy
	#6	Western Iowa Tech Community College
	#7	Plumbers Training Institute
	#8	Northeast Iowa Community College
	#9	Penn Foster
	#10	U.S. Career Institute

Kansas

	Rank	School
	#1	Washburn Tech
	#2	Johnson County Community College
	#3	Butler Community College
	#4	Kansas City Kansas Community College
	#5	Fort Hays Tech Northwest
	#6	Neosho County Community College
	#7	Barton Community College
	#8	Kansas Works
	#9	Penn Foster
	#10	DMAC Tech Trade School Online

Kentucky

	Rank	School
	#1	Jefferson Community and Technical College
	#2	Building Institute
	#3	Eastern Kentucky University
	#4	Plumbers Training Institute
	#5	Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College
	#6	Enzweiler Building Institute
	#7	Plumbers, Pipefitters, HVAC Techs Lexington Kentucky
	#8	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#9	U.S. Career Institute
	#10	Penn Foster

Louisiana

	Rank	School
	#1	South Louisiana Community College
	#2	Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
	#3	Louisiana Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association
	#4	Sowela Technical Community College
	#5	UA Local 198
	#6	University of Louisiana Lafayette
	#7	New Orleans Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Program
	#8	Orleans Technical College
	#9	Louisiana Plumbing Institute
	#10	Plumbers Training Institute

Maine

	Rank	School
	#1	Northeast Technical Institute
	#2	Mema Technical Education Center
	#3	Mid-Maine Technical Center
	#4	Eastern Maine Community College
	#5	Southern Maine Community College
	#6	Central Maine Community College
	#7	Northern Maine Community College
	#8	Washington County Community College
	#9	Plumbers Training Institute
	#10	Oxford Hills Tech School

Maryland

	Rank	School
	#1	Maryland Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association
	#2	Howard Community College
	#3	Prince George's Community College
	#4	Anne Arundel Community College
	#5	Training Pipeline Institute
	#6	Plumbers Training Institute
	#7	Montgomery College
	#8	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#9	Penn Foster
	#10	U.S. Career Institute

Massachusetts

	Rank	School
	#1	The Plumbing Academy
	#2	The Peterson School
	#3	Minuteman Technical Institute
	#4	Southeastern Technical Institute
	#5	Greater Lawrence Technical School
	#6	Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School
	#7	Quincy High School
	#8	Chicopee Comprehensive High School
	#9	Central Massachusetts Technical School
	#10	Greater Lowell Technical High School

Michigan

	Rank	School
	#1	U.S. Career Institute
	#2	West Michigan Construction Institute
	#3	Macomb Community College
	#4	Plumbers 98 & MCA Detroit
	#5	Thornton & Grooms
	#6	Central Michigan University
	#7	Plumbers Training Institute
	#8	UA Local 333 Plumbers, Pipefitters, HVAC Mechanics
	#9	Rocket Cert
	#10	TradesmanCE

Minnesota

	Rank	School
	#1	Local 15 Plumbers Training Center
	#2	Hennepin Technical College
	#3	St. Cloud Technical & Community College
	#4	Minnesota West Community & Technical College
	#5	Saint Paul College
	#6	Northland Community & Technical College
	#7	Ridgewater College
	#8	Minnesota State Community and Technical College
	#9	Minnesota State College- Southeast
	#10	Northwest Technical College

Mississippi

	Rank	School
	#1	Hinds Community College
	#2	Mississippi Community College
	#3	Mississippi State University
	#4	Holmes Community College
	#5	Plumbers Training Institute
	#6	Mississippi Delta Community College
	#7	Build Mississippi
	#8	Zack Academy
	#9	DMAC Tech Trade School
	#10	Preppy Trades

Missouri

	Rank	School
	#1	Ranken Technical College
	#2	Local 8 Training Center
	#3	Cape Girardeau Career & Technology Center
	#4	Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562
	#5	Missouri PHCC
	#6	Missouri Valley College
	#7	U.S. Career Institute
	#8	Penn Foster
	#9	Midwest Technical Institute
	#10	Ozarks Technical Community College

Montana

	Rank	School
	#1	Montana State University
	#2	Flathead Valley Community College
	#3	University of Montana- Bitterroot College
	#4	Plumbers Training Institute
	#5	Rocket Cert
	#6	Montana Boiler School
	#7	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#8	U.S. Career Institute
	#9	Penn Foster
	#10	Zack Academy

Nebraska

	Rank	School
	#1	Steamfitters & Plumbers 464
	#2	Metropolitan Community College
	#3	Northeast Community College
	#4	Southeast Community College
	#5	Western Nebraska Community College
	#6	Plumbers Local No. 16
	#7	John Henry's Plumbing, Heating, Air, and Electrical
	#8	Plumbers Training Institute
	#9	U.S. Career Institute
	#10	Penn Foster

Nevada

	Rank	School
	#1	National Technical Institute
	#2	525 JATC Pipe Trades Apprenticeship
	#3	Western Nevada College Continuing Education
	#4	Goettl Academy
	#5	Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors of Nevada
	#6	College of Southern Nevada
	#7	Plumbers Training Institute
	#8	Rocket Cert
	#9	DMAC Tech Trade School Online
	#10	Penn Foster

New Hampshire

	Rank	School
	#1	NH School of Mechanical Trades
	#2	Granite State Trade School
	#3	Advanced Trade School
	#4	The Plumbing Academy
	#5	NHTI- Concord's Community College
	#6	Plumbers Training Institute
	#7	Rocket Cert
	#8	Manchester School of Technology
	#9	U.S. Career Institute
	#10	Penn Foster

New Jersey

	Rank	School
	#1	HoHoKus School
	#2	UA Local 1
	#3	The Training Center
	#4	New Jersey City University
	#5	New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools
	#6	Morris County Vocational School District
	#7	Monmouth County Vocational School District
	#8	Bergen County Technical Schools
	#9	Passaic County Technical Institute
	#10	U.S. Career Institute

New Mexico

	Rank	School
	#1	Central New Mexico Community College
	#2	ABC New Mexico
	#3	Santa Fe Community College
	#4	New Mexico State University
	#5	University of New Mexico
	#6	Dona Ana Community College
	#7	Construction Seminars
	#8	S.E. Technical
	#9	U.S. Career Institute
	#10	Plumbers Training Institute

New York

	Rank	School
	#1	Nassau Boces
	#2	Bronx Design and Construction Academy
	#3	UA Local 1
	#4	LaGuardia Community College
	#5	Suny Delhi
	#6	New York Career & Business School
	#7	Bronx Design & Construction Academy
	#8	The City College of New York
	#9	Plumbers Training Institute
	#10	U.S. Career Institute

North Carolina

	Rank	School
	#1	Wake Tech
	#2	Omitt Trade School
	#3	North Carolina Trade School
	#4	Fayeteville Technical Community College
	#5	Piedmont Community College
	#6	Forsyth Tech Community College
	#7	Craven Community College
	#8	Guilford Technical Community College
	#9	Plumbers Training Institute
	#10	Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

North Dakota

	Rank	School
	#1	United Tribes Technical College
	#2	North Dakota State College of Science
	#3	University of North Dakota
	#4	Northland Community & Technical College
	#5	Western Dakota Technical College
	#6	North Dakota State University
	#7	Southeast Technical College
	#8	North Valley CTC
	#9	Minnesota State Community and Technical College
	#10	Plumbers Training Institute

Ohio

	Rank	School
	#1	Pacon Plumbing School
	#2	Portage Lakes Career Center
	#3	Cuyahoga Community College
	#4	Union Plumbers, Fitters, Welders & Service Technicians
	#5	UA Local 392
	#6	Columbus State Community College
	#7	Associated Builders and Contractors- TP Mechanical
	#8	APHC of Central Ohio
	#9	Plumbers Training Institute
	#10	Owens Community College

Oklahoma

	Rank	School
	#1	Plumbers and Pipefitters Training Center
	#2	Tulsa Pipe Trades Training School
	#3	Oklahoma Technical College
	#4	Central Tech
	#5	Tulsa Tech
	#6	Plumbers Training Institute
	#7	Oklahoma State University
	#8	Oklahoma Building Trades
	#9	Mid-Del Tech Center
	#10	U.S. Career Institute

Oregon

	Rank	School
	#1	Northwest College of Construction
	#2	Area I Plumbers Apprenticeship
	#3	Portland Community College
	#4	Clatsop Community College
	#5	Chemeketa Community College
	#6	Area III Plumbing
	#7	Plumbers Training Institute
	#8	UA Local 290
	#9	U.S. Career Institute
	#10	Penn Foster

Pennsylvania

	Rank	School
	#1	Local 520 Training Center
	#2	Pennsylvania College of Technology
	#3	Community College of Allegheny County
	#4	Westmoreland County Community College
	#5	Mid-Young Plumbing Apprentice School
	#6	Pennco Tech
	#7	Orleans Technical College
	#8	Plumbers Training Institute
	#9	Career Technology Center
	#10	Reading Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center

Rhode Island

	Rank	School
	#1	Providence Career Technical Academy
	#2	Master Plumber & Mechanical Association
	#3	Roger Williams University
	#4	New Englad Institute of Technology
	#5	MTTI
	#6	Local 51 Plumbing, Pipefitting and HVAC Industry
	#7	Narragansett School System
	#8	Community College of Rhode Island
	#9	Rhode Island Association PHCC
	#10	U.S. Career Institute

South Carolina

	Rank	School
	#1	Midlands Technical College
	#2	Florence-Darlington Technical College
	#3	USC- Sumter
	#4	Paul Calvo School of Contractors
	#5	Plumbers Training Institute
	#6	Denmark Technical College
	#7	Mechanical Trades Carolina
	#8	Cullum Mechanical
	#9	Craven Community College
	#10	Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute