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Heavy Equipment Maintenance at Florence-Darlington Technical College

What traits are you looking for in a school for Heavy Equipment Maintenance, take a look at what Florence-Darlington Technical College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Florence-Darlington Technical College sits in Florence, SC.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 42 heavy equipment maintenance degrees were granted at Florence-Darlington Technical College.

Online & Distance Learning at Florence-Darlington Technical College

Distance learning is available at Florence-Darlington Technical College. Of 3,522 students, 1,423 (40%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,003 (28%) took at least some classes online.

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Rankings at Florence-Darlington Technical College

Rankings can help you compare Florence-Darlington Technical College’s Heavy Equipment Maintenance program to other colleges that offer this major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	South Carolina	#2 of 4
Best Schools (Quality)	South Carolina	#3 of 4
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#6 of 49
Best Value	Nationwide	#11 of 127
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#36 of 46
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#98 of 124

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates at Florence-Darlington Technical College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates at Florence-Darlington Technical College are 0% women (0) and 100% men (42).

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate’s Program at Florence-Darlington Technical College

Of the 18 associate’s heavy equipment maintenance graduates at Florence-Darlington Technical College, 0% were women (0) and 100% were men (18).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Heavy Equipment Maintenance associate’s degree recipients at Florence-Darlington Technical College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	16
Hispanic / Latino	1
American Indian / Alaska Native	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 11% of Heavy Equipment Maintenance associate’s degree recipients at Florence-Darlington Technical College, below the national average of 27%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Heavy Equipment Maintenance Concentrations at Florence-Darlington Technical College

This Heavy Equipment Maintenance program at Florence-Darlington Technical College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance	42

Highest-Paying Careers for Heavy Equipment Maintenance Graduates

Graduates of the Heavy Equipment Maintenance program at Florence-Darlington Technical College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Heavy Equipment Maintenance majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	$74,051
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$69,523
Millwrights	$69,067
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$68,487
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons	$54,995
Rail Car Repairers	$49,359
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	$39,180
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	$36,138
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$31,702

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.