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2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$4,592 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 2,386 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for equipment maintenance majors pursuing a basic certificate.

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

Our analysis found Elizabethtown Community and Technical College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kentucky. Located in the city of Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College are $4,560 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is ranked #1 for overall quality for equipment maintenance in Kentucky.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bluegrass Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large city of Lexington, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bluegrass Community and Technical College are $4,640 a year.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Bluegrass Community and Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Somerset Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SCC are $4,560 a year.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Somerset Community College Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, SKYCTC is a public school with a small student population.

SKYCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,560 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Jefferson Community and Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Jefferson Community and Technical College is a large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Jefferson Community and Technical College are $4,640 a year.

Jefferson Community and Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Jefferson Community and Technical College

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
South Carolina 208
Arkansas 217
North Carolina 55
Florida 38
West Virginia 1
Louisiana 85
Virginia 3
Alabama 638
Tennessee 687
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 5 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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