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Most Popular Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina

2023 Most Popular Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina

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

In 2021-2022, 55 degrees and certificates were awarded to heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #35 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Wake Technical Community College to be the most popular school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a basic certificate in North Carolina. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Raleigh.

Of the 32 students majoring in equipment maintenance at Wake Technical Community College, 97% are male and 3% are female.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Wake Technical Community College Report

Out of the 2 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Montgomery Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Troy, MCC is a public college with a fairly small student population.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Montgomery Community College Report

Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 208
Georgia 1,248
Arkansas 217
Florida 38
West Virginia 1
Louisiana 85
Virginia 3
Alabama 638
Kentucky 2,386
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 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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