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2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$7,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the heavy/industrial equipment maintenance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to qualified students.

OSU Institute of Technology also made our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for OSU Institute of Technology is $6,500 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students with aid.

Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at OSU Institute of Technology

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, San Juan College landed the #2 spot on the list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,115 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students with aid per year to attend SJC.

Full San Juan College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report

#3

Yavapai College

Prescott, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Yavapai College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 1 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2019-2020.

Yavapai College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Yavapai College is $6,965 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students with aid.

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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 Getting Aid. Located in Tyler, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students 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 estimated yearly cost for Tyler Junior College is $9,277 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students with aid.

Full Tyler Junior College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report

#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 Getting Aid 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 also took the #5 spot in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,715 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students with aid per year to attend New Mexico State University - Carlsbad.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at NMSU Carlsbad

#6

Texarkana College

Texarkana, Texas
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Texarkana College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Texarkana, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees 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 yearly cost to attend Texarkana College is $6,394 for southwest region associate degree equipment maintenance students with aid.

Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at 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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