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2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree School for You
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the #18 most popular major in Mississippi with 169 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Mississippi 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Heavy Equipment Maintenance
Our 2023 rankings named Itawamba Community College the best value school in Mississippi for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. Located in the remote town of Fulton, ICC is a public college with a small student population.
ICC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ICC is ranked #1 for overall quality for equipment maintenance in Mississippi.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Mississippi Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi list. EMCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Scooba.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EMCC are $3,740 a year.
EMCC also took the #3 spot in our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi rankings.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northeast Mississippi Community College is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. Northeast Mississippi Community College is a small public school located in the town of Booneville.
Northeast Mississippi Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,770 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Equipment Maintenance majors at Northeast Mississippi Community College take out an average of $12,428 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are $3,950 per year.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi list.
Request InformationBest Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Carolina | 208 |
Georgia | 1,248 |
Arkansas | 217 |
North Carolina | 55 |
Florida | 38 |
Virginia | 3 |
Louisiana | 85 |
West Virginia | 1 |
Tennessee | 687 |
Alabama | 638 |
Kentucky | 2,386 |
Majors Related to Equipment Maintenance
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is one of 7 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Equipment Maintenance Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology | 7,478 |
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician | 923 |
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, Other | 45 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.