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2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$3,905 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 #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.

2023 Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

Check out the equipment maintenance associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found Itawamba Community College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a associate degree in Mississippi. Located in the town of Fulton, ICC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ICC are $3,160 per year.

ICC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi list.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Itawamba Community College

Out of the 4 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, East Mississippi Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. EMCC is a small public school located in the remote area of Scooba.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EMCC are $3,740 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, EMCC is ranked #3 for overall quality for equipment maintenance in Mississippi.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at East Mississippi Community College

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 remote town of Booneville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northeast Mississippi Community College are $4,770 a 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a moderately-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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi list.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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
Georgia 1,248
South Carolina 208
Arkansas 217
North Carolina 55
Florida 38
West Virginia 1
Louisiana 85
Virginia 3
Alabama 638
Kentucky 2,386
Tennessee 687

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 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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