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2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$5,783 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance School for You

With 26 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, heavy/industrial equipment maintenance is the #167 most popular major in Iowa.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Iowa to see which 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Heavy Equipment Maintenance

$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northeast Iowa Community College to be the best value school for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NICC are $6,120 a year.

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$6,000 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa Central Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Schools in Iowa list. Iowa Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Fort Dodge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa Central Community College are $6,000 a year.

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$4,560 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian Hills Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. IHCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Ottumwa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IHCC are $4,560 per year.

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#4

Marshalltown Community College

Marshalltown, IA
$5,040 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Marshalltown Community College is a great value for heavy/industrial equipment maintenance students. Located in the rural area of Marshalltown, Marshalltown Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Marshalltown Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$5,971 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Iowa Area Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Schools in Iowa list. North Iowa Area Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Mason City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Iowa Area Community College are $5,971 per year.

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Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 87
Minnesota 25
Kansas 12
Nebraska 39
North Dakota 4
South Dakota 0

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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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