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Most Popular Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa

2023 Most Popular Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa

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

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the #22 most popular major in Iowa with 62 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for equipment maintenance majors pursuing a basic certificate.

#1

Southeastern Community College

West Burlington, IA

Our analysis found Southeastern Community College to be the most popular school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Iowa. Located in the town of West Burlington, Southeastern Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 4% of the equipment maintenance majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Iowa Area Community College is a great place for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Mason City, North Iowa Area Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at North Iowa Area Community College Report

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Southwestern Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools in Iowa. SWCC is a small public school located in the town of Creston.

Full Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Southwestern Community College Report

Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 54
Missouri 138
Minnesota 100
South Dakota 0
North Dakota 5
Nebraska 158

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

Majors Similar to Equipment Maintenance

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 3 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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