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2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

26 Colleges
$8,597 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,358 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance School for You

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the #21 most popular major in the country with 8,717 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for equipment maintenance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Madison Area Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Madison College are $6,769 a year.

Madison College also claimed a spot on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent programs at Chippewa Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CVTC are $6,683 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, CVTC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fox Valley Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. FVTC is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.

FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,861 in tuition and fees each year.

FVTC also claimed a spot on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI
$6,687 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Western Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,687 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. WITC is a small public school located in the rural area of Shell Lake.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WITC are $6,960 a year.

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Northeast Wisconsin Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students. It came in at #6 on the list. NWTC is a large public school located in the city of Green Bay.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NWTC are $6,849 a year.

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$6,056 Average Tuition & Fees

Lakeshore Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Cleveland, LTC is a public college with a small student population.

LTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,056 in tuition and fees each year.

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$6,803 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Gateway Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students. Gateway Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Kenosha.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Technical College are $6,803 per year.

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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,683 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Southwest Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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$6,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Waukesha County Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

WCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,603 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges by State

Explore the best heavy/industrial equipment maintenance colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 263
Indiana 265
Wisconsin 347
Ohio 119
Illinois 252

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 7,800
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician 882
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, Other 35

Majors Similar to Equipment Maintenance

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 56,514
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 19,594
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 7,770
Precision Systems Maintenance 1,932
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,267

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 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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