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2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 8,872 people earned their degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance, making the major the 199th most popular in the United States. 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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs and cost less that 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. Okmulgee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to 19 students 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 $10,762 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend OSU Institute of Technology.

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#2

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. San Juan College is located in Farmington, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to qualified students.

SJC also made our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend SJC is $8,400 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at San Juan College

#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 $75-$110k. This medium-sized school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 1 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2019-2020.

Yavapai College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Yavapai College is $11,660 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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 $75-$110k. Tyler Junior College is a fairly large school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k list, Tyler Junior College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,091 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Tyler Junior College.

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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 $75-$110k list. NMSU Carlsbad is a small school located in Carlsbad, New Mexico that handed out 2 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k list, NMSU Carlsbad has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is $11,244 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at New Mexico State University - Carlsbad

#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 $75-$110k list. Located in Texarkana, Texas, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2019-2020.

Texarkana College also made our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Texarkana College is $11,707 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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