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Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Western Technical College

If you are interested in studying heavy/industrial equipment maintenance, you may want to check out the program at Western Technical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Western Technical College is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin and approximately 4,240 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 29 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.

Western Technical College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Equipment Maintenance (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Equipment Maintenance

Western Technical College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Rankings

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Equipment Maintenance Student Demographics at Western Technical College

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

Western Technical College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate’s Program

3% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 97% of equipment maintenance associate's degrees went to men and 3% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in equipment maintenance at Western Technical College are white. Around 83% 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 Western Technical College with a associate's in equipment maintenance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Western Technical College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician	25
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology	5

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 WI, the home state for Western Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	9,650	$53,390
Machinery Maintenance Workers	2,830	$51,870
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics	1,940	$50,390
Millwrights	820	$63,670
Elevator Installers and Repairers	190	$63,610

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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