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Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Southwestern Michigan College

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Southwestern Michigan College

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

SMC is located in Dowagiac, Michigan and approximately 1,759 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 3 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.

SMC Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Equipment Maintenance

SMC Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Rankings

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Equipment Maintenance Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the equipment maintenance majors at Southwestern Michigan College.

SMC Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of equipment maintenance associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in equipment maintenance at SMC are white. Around 100% 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 Southwestern Michigan College with a associate's in equipment maintenance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
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 Southwestern Michigan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology 3

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 MI, the home state for Southwestern Michigan College.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 22,030 $51,430
Millwrights 2,570 $63,090
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics 2,440 $52,120
Machinery Maintenance Workers 1,530 $45,610
Rail Car Repairers 360 $55,880

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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