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2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,765 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,328 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree School for You

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is the #166 most popular major in Illinois with 85 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for equipment maintenance students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Heavy Equipment Maintenance

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Illinois College the best value school in Illinois for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Belleville, SWIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance at Southwestern Illinois College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Elgin Community College is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Elgin, ECC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECC are $7,140 a year.

ECC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 80
Ohio 12
Wisconsin 61

One of 7 majors within the area of study, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 56,539
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 19,594
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 7,770
Precision Systems Maintenance 1,932
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,267

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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