2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 252 degrees and certificates were awarded to heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Heavy Equipment Maintenance

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, IL

4 Basic Certificates

$6,390 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southwestern Illinois College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Illinois. SWIC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Belleville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SWIC are $6,390 per year.

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#2

Elgin Community College

Elgin, IL

26 Basic Certificates

#23 in Quality in Illinois

$7,140 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Elgin Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. ECC is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Elgin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECC are $7,140 a year.

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Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

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

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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.