2024 Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
151Equipment Maintenance Degrees Awarded
$28,188Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance sits in the middle of the road, ranking #195 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 151 degrees in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance School
The equipment maintenance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance rankings. For our Best Overall Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
Best Schools for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the equipment maintenance degree levels they offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Equipment Maintenance
It's hard to beat Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Located in the distant town of Okmulgee, OSU Institute of Technology is a public university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #893 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means OSU Institute of Technology is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at OSU Institute of Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Texarkana College if you wish to pursue a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Texarkana College is a small public college located in the small city of Texarkana. This college ranks 99th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 20 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at Texarkana College in the most recent data year.
Tyler Junior College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Located in the midsize city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 86th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 6 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at Tyler Junior College in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to Equipment Maintenance
One of 7 majors within the Mechanic & Repair Technologies area of study, Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).