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Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,363 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 #14 most popular major in South Carolina with 208 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 South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Carolina 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 South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Heavy Equipment Maintenance

#1

Aiken Technical College

Graniteville, SC

Our analysis found Aiken Technical College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Carolina. Aiken Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Graniteville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aiken Technical College are $5,306 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florence-Darlington Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Florence.

Florence-Darlington Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,900 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, Florence-Darlington Technical College is ranked #5 for overall quality for equipment maintenance in South Carolina.

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#3

York Technical College

Rock Hill, SC

Out of the 3 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, York Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Rock Hill, York Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at York Technical College are $5,882 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, equipment maintenance graduates from York Technical College carry an average student debtload of $9,709.

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