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2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$6,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the 199th most popular major in the country with 8,872 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,429 and had an average of $11,583 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 158 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $32,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 78 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the heavy/industrial equipment maintenance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a small school located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma that handed out 19 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology also made our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $4,299 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology.

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#2

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Juan College landed the #2 spot on the list. Farmington, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

SJC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,641 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SJC.

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#3

Yavapai College

Prescott, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yavapai College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Yavapai College is a medium-sized school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2019-2020.

Yavapai College also made our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $6,933 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Yavapai College.

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#4

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tyler Junior College landed the #4 spot on the list. Tyler Junior College is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tyler Junior College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tyler Junior College is $8,737 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Carlsbad. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Carlsbad also made our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is $7,250 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6

Texarkana College

Texarkana, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Texarkana College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texarkana, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texarkana College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,059 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texarkana College.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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