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Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$6,380 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,708 Avg Salary

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

With 270 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance is the #26 most popular major in California.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for equipment maintenance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Heavy Equipment Maintenance

#1

San Diego Miramar College

San Diego, CA

Our analysis found San Diego Miramar College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. San Diego Miramar College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

San Diego Miramar College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Los Angeles Trade Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $1,238 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Aviation Institute of Maintenance is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Fremont, Aviation Institute of Maintenance is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Aviation Institute of Maintenance are $16,757 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools in California. San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Visalia.

On average, equipment maintenance graduates from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia take out $8,754 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $107, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 100
Oregon 43
Nevada 43
Alaska 19

One of 7 majors within the trade school area of study, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance has other similar majors worth exploring.

Equipment Maintenance Concentrations

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 4 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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