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2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$32,500 Avg Student Debt
Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 $48-$75k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the heavy/industrial equipment maintenance program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a small public school situated in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. It awarded 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 $8,415 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend OSU Institute of Technology.

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#2

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. San Juan College is a medium-sized school located in Farmington, New Mexico that handed out 8 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees 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 $7,996 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend San Juan College.

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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 $48-$75k. 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 took the #4 spot in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,390 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Yavapai College.

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#4

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 7 associates’s equipment maintenance 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 $11,066 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the #5 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is located in Carlsbad, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Carlsbad not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Carlsbad is $8,380 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6

Texarkana College

Texarkana, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Texarkana College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Texarkana, Texas, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2019-2020.

Texarkana College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texarkana College is $7,849 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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