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2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

66 Colleges
$6,507 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,128 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree School for You

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the #21 most popular major in the country with 8,446 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 66 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for equipment maintenance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for equipment maintenance majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top 10 Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Georgia Northwestern Technical College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Rome.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,512 in tuition and fees each year.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itawamba Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the remote town of Fulton, ICC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ICC are $5,360 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dakota County Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the rural area of Rosemount, DCTC is a public college with a small student population.

DCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,419 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, equipment maintenance graduates from DCTC carry an average student debtload of $11,283.

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#4

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

The excellent associate degree programs at Western Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools in the United States. Located in the city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Technical College are $6,788 per year.

Western Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MCC are $4,815 a year.

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Chippewa Valley Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs. Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

CVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,793 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, equipment maintenance graduates from CVTC carry an average student debtload of $13,225.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CVTC also did well on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

Central Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools ranking. Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Island.

Central Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,710 in tuition and fees each year.

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Western Wyoming Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs. WWCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Rock Springs.

WWCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,640 in tuition and fees each year.

WWCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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#9

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

Bismarck State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. BSC is a small public school located in the small city of Bismarck.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BSC are $7,227 per year.

BSC also made our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools list, coming in at #5.

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Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs. Located in the rural area of Wichita, WSU Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WSU Tech are $6,578 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Heavy Equipment Maintenance students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar, IA
12 Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA
13 Lakeshore Technical College Cleveland, WI

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance by Region

View the Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is one of 7 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Equipment Maintenance Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology 7,478
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician 923
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, Other 45

Majors Similar to Equipment Maintenance

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 63,451
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 21,891
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 8,127
Precision Systems Maintenance 2,185
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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