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Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky

2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$4,592 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,128 Avg Salary

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

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 2,386 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Kentucky to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for equipment maintenance students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Heavy Equipment Maintenance

Our analysis found Elizabethtown Community and Technical College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a associate degree in Kentucky. Located in the small city of Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College are $4,560 per year. The average amount in student loans that equipment maintenance majors at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $13,404.

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College also made our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #1.

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Out of the 5 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Bluegrass Community and Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lexington, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bluegrass Community and Technical College are $4,640 per year. The average amount in student loans that equipment maintenance majors at Bluegrass Community and Technical College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $11,344.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College also took the #2 spot in our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Somerset Community College is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SCC are $4,560 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, SKYCTC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SKYCTC are $4,560 a year. The average amount in student loans that equipment maintenance majors at SKYCTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $10,531.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Jefferson Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools in Kentucky. Jefferson Community and Technical College is a large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Jefferson Community and Technical College are $4,640 per year.

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Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 208
Georgia 1,248
Arkansas 217
North Carolina 55
Florida 38
Louisiana 85
West Virginia 1
Virginia 3
Alabama 638
Tennessee 687
Mississippi 169

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

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 5 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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