2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New Mexico, there were 10 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,995 and $14,826 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the heavy/industrial equipment maintenance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance (Income $0-$30k) in New Mexico

#1

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$5,586 Average Net Price

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Farmington, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2019-2020.

SJC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SJC is $5,586 for New Mexico Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at SJC

#2

New Mexico State University - Carlsbad

Carlsbad, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,463 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Equipment Maintenance Schools for an Associate in New Mexico For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the #2 spot on the list. NMSU Carlsbad is a public institution located in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Carlsbad also made our “Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is $7,463 for New Mexico Associate Degree Equipment Maintenance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance (Income $0-$30k)

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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