by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 8,446 people earned their degree in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance, making the major the 195th most popular in the United States. In , heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $44,416 and had an average of $11,538 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,167 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,307 and $10,805 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 866 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 65 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their heavy/industrial equipment maintenance program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The equipment maintenance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gadsden State Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region. Gadsden, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to 87 students in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at GSCC
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aiken Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. Aiken Technical College is a small school located in Graniteville, South Carolina that handed out 9 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Aiken Technical College
Out of the 65 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, H Councill Trenholm State Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Henderson Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Henderson, Kentucky, this small public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Henderson Community College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Alabama Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Rainsville, Alabama, and it awarded 13 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeast Alabama Community College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
With a ranking of #6, Florence-Darlington Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Florence, South Carolina, and it awarded 11 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Florence-Darlington Technical College
University of Arkansas at Monticello ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Arkansas at Monticello is a public institution located in Monticello, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 73 degrees to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 54 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at SKYCTC
East Mississippi Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. EMCC is a public institution located in Scooba, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at East Mississippi Community College
Itawamba Community College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. Itawamba Community College is a small school located in Fulton, Mississippi that handed out 21 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Itawamba Community College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
Northeast Mississippi Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. Northeast Mississippi Community College is a small public school situated in Booneville, Mississippi. It awarded 10 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
South Georgia Technical College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. South Georgia Technical College is located in Americus, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at South Georgia Technical College
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It awarded 66 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Southern Union State Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. Southern Union State Community College is a public institution located in Wadley, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 38 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Southern Union State Community College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
Somerset Community College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. SCC is a public institution located in Somerset, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Somerset Community College
Lincoln College of Technology - Nashville came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Lincoln Tech - Nashville is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Rome, Georgia that handed out 50 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Enterprise State Community College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. Enterprise, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s equipment maintenance degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Enterprise State Community College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
York Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. York Technical College is a small public school situated in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It awarded 19 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full York Technical College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Morrilton, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Snead State Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. This small school is located in Boaz, Alabama, and it awarded 8 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Snead State Community College
With a ranking of #23, River Parishes Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gonzales, Louisiana, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s equipment maintenance students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full River Parishes Community College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
Wallace Community College, Selma came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region ranking. WCCS is a small school located in Selma, Alabama that handed out 2 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at WCCS
With a ranking of #25, Lanier Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Equipment Maintenance Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Gainesville, Georgia, and it awarded 17 associates’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2021-2022.
Full Lanier Technical College Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Report
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