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Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,195 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 #26 most popular major in Minnesota with 100 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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. 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Dakota County Technical College the best value school in Minnesota for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Rosemount, DCTC is a public college with a small student population.

DCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,419 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that equipment maintenance majors at DCTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $11,283.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Dakota County Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hibbing Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the remote town of Hibbing, Hibbing Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hibbing Community College are $5,970 a year. The average amount in student loans that equipment maintenance majors at Hibbing Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,795.

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Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 54
Missouri 138
South Dakota 0
Iowa 62
North Dakota 5
Nebraska 158

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 2 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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