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2022 Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
64 Degrees Awarded
$6,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology is the 369th most popular major in the country with 7,831 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 133 industrial mechanics and maintenance technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 industrial mechanics and maintenance technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial mechanics and maintenance technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial mechanics and maintenance technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial mechanics and maintenance technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology (Income $0-$30k) 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 Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a small school located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma that handed out 19 associates’s industrial mechanics and maintenance tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $4,771 for southwest region associate degree industrial mechanics and maintenance tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend OSU Institute of Technology.

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#2

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Juan College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Farmington, New Mexico, and it awarded 8 associates’s industrial mechanics and maintenance tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SJC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,586 for southwest region associate degree industrial mechanics and maintenance tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Juan College.

Full SJC Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Report

#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 Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Yavapai College is a medium-sized school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s industrial mechanics and maintenance tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Yavapai College also made our “Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $6,341 for southwest region associate degree industrial mechanics and maintenance tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Yavapai College.

Read more about Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology at Yavapai College

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the #4 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is a small school located in Carlsbad, New Mexico that handed out 2 associates’s industrial mechanics and maintenance tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Carlsbad not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Carlsbad is $7,463 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tyler Junior College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 7 associates’s industrial mechanics and maintenance tech degrees 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 Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tyler Junior College is $7,977 for southwest region associate degree industrial mechanics and maintenance tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology at Tyler Junior College

#6

Texarkana College

Texarkana, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Texarkana College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texarkana College is located in Texarkana, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s industrial mechanics and maintenance tech degrees to qualified students.

Texarkana College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,854 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend 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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