2023 Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Equipment Maintenance” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the 195th most popular major in the country with 8,717 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,254 and had an average of $12,397 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 213 heavy/industrial equipment maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,703 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Equipment Maintenance” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in heavy/industrial equipment maintenance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent heavy/industrial equipment maintenance programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the heavy/industrial equipment maintenance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Equipment Maintenance
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Equipment Maintenance”.
Top 3 Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Wyoming Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Equipment Maintenance. Western Wyoming Community College is a small school located in Rock Springs, Wyoming that handed out 23 ’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2020-2021.
WWCC also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, WWCC supports 2,776 students, and 40 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,847. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Equipment Maintenance list. This fairly large school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 32 ’s equipment maintenance degrees in 2020-2021.
CWI also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 10,200 students enrolled at College of Western Idaho, 406 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 213 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,155. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full College of Western Idaho Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Equipment Maintenance that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, this small public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified ’s equipment maintenance students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NIC, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, NIC supports 4,737 students, and 248 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 115 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,921. To help with additional expenses, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full North Idaho College Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.