2024 Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Missouri

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #63 most popular associate degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 associate degrees in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized heavy/industrial equipment maintenance related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance in Missouri

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance.

Top Missouri Schools for an Associate in Equipment Maintenance

1

Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, MO

26 Annual Graduates

$44,842 Median Starting Salary

$12,000 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Ranken Technical College if you want to pursue an associate degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Saint Louis.

Soon after graduation, equipment maintenance associate recipients typically earn an average of $44,842 in their early careers.

More information about a associate in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance from Ranken Technical College

2

State Technical College of Missouri
Linn, MO

43 Annual Graduates

$47,461 Median Starting Salary

$12,000 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat State Technical College of Missouri if you want to pursue an associate degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. STC is a small public college located in the rural area of Linn.

Students who graduate with their associate from the equipment maintenance program report average early career income of $47,461.

More information about a associate in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance from State Technical College of Missouri

3

Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield, MO

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Ozarks Technical Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, OTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance from Ozarks Technical Community College

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	25
Kansas	146	12
Iowa	116	26
Nebraska	98	39
South Dakota	93	0
North Dakota	92	4

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Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Related Rankings by Major

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is one of 7 different types of Mechanic & Repair Technologies programs to choose from.

Equipment Maintenance Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician	43
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology	42
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, Other	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Equipment Maintenance

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	215
Electronics Maintenance & Repair	79
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration	68
Precision Systems Maintenance	11
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies.	9
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other)	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.