2025 Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #261 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 53 associate degrees in heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician in the Great Lakes Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician

1

Western Technical College
La Crosse, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Western Technical College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician. Western Technical College is a small public college located in the small city of La Crosse.More information about a associate in heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician from Western Technical College

2

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician has to take a look at Ferris State University. Ferris is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Big Rapids.More information about a associate in heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician from Ferris State University

Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician Colleges by State

Explore the best heavy equipment maintenance technology/technician colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	410	18
Illinois	267	3
Wisconsin	224	26

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Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician Related Rankings by Major

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician is one of 2 different types of Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology	151

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.