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Plumbing program at Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS
Hackensack, NJ · Public less-than-2-year · School website
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $12,320
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $500
- Listed cost
- $12,820
- LengthIPEDS
- 819 clock hours, 8 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 24
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 28 graduates
- $30,184
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $49,996
- Typical pay for plumbers, pipefitters and steamfittersBLS OEWS May 2025, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- $78,610
Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.
About this program
Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS awarded 24 plumbing credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 3 we list. Its listed tuition of $12,320 compares with a New Jersey median wage of $78,240 for plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters (BLS, May 2025).
On New Jersey's WIOA eligible training provider list
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| Listed program | Tuition and fees | Length | Completed | Employed, 2nd quarter | Median earnings, 2nd quarter | Students who exited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumbing HeatingPlumbing Heating · In person · CIP 46.0503 | $3,800+ $75 books | Competency-based or withheld | 71.4% | 100% | $8,101 | 7 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).
DOL marks this state's outcome reporting with a data quality note: read completion and employment figures with care.
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