Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Ozarks Technical Community College

If you plan to study heavy/industrial equipment maintenance, take a look at what Ozarks Technical Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

OTC is located in Springfield, Missouri and approximately 11,237 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 12 students received their associate's degree in equipment maintenance.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance section at the bottom of this page.

OTC Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Equipment Maintenance (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Equipment Maintenance

OTC Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Rankings

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Equipment Maintenance Student Demographics at OTC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the equipment maintenance majors at Ozarks Technical Community College.

OTC Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of equipment maintenance associate's degrees went to men and 17% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in equipment maintenance only graduates about 6% women each year. The program at OTC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in equipment maintenance at OTC are white. Around 92% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ozarks Technical Community College with a associate's in equipment maintenance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ozarks Technical Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology	18
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, Other	2

Related Majors

• Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration
• Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

Careers That Equipment Maintenance Grads May Go Into

A degree in equipment maintenance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MO, the home state for Ozarks Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	4,900	$54,030
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics	3,520	$50,610
Machinery Maintenance Workers	1,730	$46,550
Rail Car Repairers	630	$53,170
Elevator Installers and Repairers	500	$70,400

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.