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2025 Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Plains States Region

8 Colleges in the Plains States Region
526 Equipment Maintenance Degrees Awarded
$51,477 Avg Early-Career Salary
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #195 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 526 degrees in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance annually.

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Choosing a Great Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance School

Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Plains States Region Your choice of heavy/industrial equipment maintenance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Equipment Maintenance

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 Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance in the Plains States Region

The schools below may not offer all types of equipment maintenance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Equipment Maintenance

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Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, MO
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
33 Equipment Maintenance Degrees Awarded
$53,023 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Ranken Technical College if you want to pursue a 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. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ranken Technical College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 33 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at Ranken Technical College in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the equipment maintenance program make an average of $53,023 in their early career salary.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NE
40 Equipment Maintenance Degrees Awarded

Metropolitan Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #615 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MCC is a great college overall.

There were approximately 40 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at MCC in the most recent data year.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In KS

It's difficult to beat Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology if you want to pursue a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. WSU Tech is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Wichita. A Best Colleges rank of #279 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WSU Tech is a great university overall.

There were roughly 7 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at WSU Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

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Central Community College
Grand Island, NE
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NE
114 Equipment Maintenance Degrees Awarded

Central Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Central Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Grand Island. This college ranks 12th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.

There were about 114 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at Central Community College in the most recent year we have data available.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
$67,618 Median Starting Salary

DCTC is a small public college located in the rural area of Rosemount. This college ranks 23rd out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.

There were about 20 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at DCTC in the most recent data year. Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance degree recipients from Dakota County Technical College earn a boost of around $16,141 over the average earnings of heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
40 Equipment Maintenance Degrees Awarded
$55,282 Median Starting Salary

STC is a small public college located in the rural area of Linn. A Best Colleges rank of #484 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means STC is a great college overall.

There were approximately 40 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who graduated with this degree at STC in the most recent year we have data available. Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance degree recipients from State Technical College of Missouri earn a boost of about $3,805 above the average earnings of heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates.

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Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA

Kirkwood Community College is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids. This college ranks 16th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.More information about a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance from Kirkwood Community College

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Southeast Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large city of Lincoln. This college ranks 6th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.More information about a degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance from Southeast Community College Area

Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges by State

Explore the best heavy/industrial equipment maintenance schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 284 25
Missouri 283 87
Kansas 266 12
Iowa 264 26
Nebraska 238 39
North Dakota 210 4
South Dakota 204 0

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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
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology 430
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician 86
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies, Other 10

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 4,030
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 1,304
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 257
Precision Systems Maintenance 117
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies. 86
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 37

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