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Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$8,688 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.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Heavy Equipment Maintenance

Our analysis found Western Wyoming Community College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Rock Springs, WWCC is a public college with a small student population.

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 in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means College of Western Idaho is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. CWI is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Nampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $7,344 per year.

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#3

North Idaho College

Coeur d'Alene, ID

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Coeur d'Alene, NIC is a public school with a small student population.

NIC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,736 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school located in the small city of Lewiston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis - Clark State College are $20,252 per year.

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Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges by State

Explore the best heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 10
Utah 123
Idaho 46
Montana 1
Wyoming 33

One of 7 majors within the trade school area of study, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance has other similar majors worth exploring.

Equipment Maintenance Concentrations

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

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 4 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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