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Most Popular Heavy Equipment Maintenance Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota

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

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

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the #26 most popular major in Minnesota with 100 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Minnesota to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the equipment maintenance basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Minnesota.

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the most popular school in Minnesota for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their basic certificate. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park.

Of the 28 students majoring in equipment maintenance at Hennepin Technical College, 89% are male and 11% are female.

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

Women make up 17% of the equipment maintenance majors at the school.

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Out of the 4 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State Community and Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. M State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Fergus Falls.

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Out of the 4 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota County Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Rosemount, DCTC is a public school with a small student population.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 54
Missouri 138
South Dakota 0
Iowa 62
North Dakota 5
Nebraska 158

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 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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