Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians

8,580 students earn a heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies/technicians credential each year across 304 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $65,331
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $80,009

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Bachelor's programs — 1 college

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan15$65,3311 year out$80,009$23,250

Associate programs — top 100 of 165 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma7$68,4221 year out—$11,667 2Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota19$67,6181 year out$76,596$12,000 3Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky14$66,8271 year out—$12,000 4Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky48$65,5351 year out$82,761$10,838 5Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky52$64,3551 year out$74,854$10,250 6Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi23$64,3431 year out——7Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia46$62,9821 year out$72,815—8Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin12$62,4381 year out——9Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky16$60,8781 year out——10Nashville Auto-Diesel CollegeNashville, Tennessee16$60,0521 year out$52,216—11Lincoln College of Technology-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana—$60,0521 year out$52,216—12Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky50$58,7171 year out$68,628$8,581 13Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky20$57,3181 year out$64,747—14Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania9$56,3651 year out$71,719$14,750 15Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan16$55,5321 year out$76,779$13,000 16State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri37$55,2821 year out$68,015$12,000 17Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky11$53,6551 year out—$8,248 18South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia22$53,3791 year out$82,320—19Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri15$52,3001 year out$60,187$12,000 20Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky33$52,1931 year out——21York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina11$51,9201 year out$63,619$11,750 22University of Arkansas at MonticelloMonticello, Arkansas22$49,5891 year out——23Universal Technical Institute-CantonCanton, Michigan18$45,5631 year out$60,362$19,685 24SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York—$45,1601 year out$50,856$12,000 25Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville, Mississippi18$45,1471 year out$47,258—26Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama56$37,5951 year out$71,603—27Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee—$35,9681 year out—$27,986 28Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, Pennsylvania—$35,9681 year out—$27,986 29Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota1$34,3961 year out$63,793—30Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama45—1 year out——31Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska41—1 year out——32Rend Lake CollegeIna, Illinois31—1 year out——33San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California28—1 year out——34Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon25—1 year out——35Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama23—1 year out$61,948—36Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin19—1 year out——37Northwest Shoals Community CollegeMuscle Shoals, Alabama17—1 year out——38Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska17—1 year out——39Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale, Arizona17—1 year out——40Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa16—1 year out——41Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas16—1 year out——42Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs, Wyoming16—1 year out——43George C Wallace Community College-DothanDothan, Alabama15—1 year out——44Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia15—1 year out——45North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia15—1 year out——46Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, South Carolina15—1 year out——47University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorrilton, Arkansas13—1 year out——48Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia13—1 year out——49East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi13—1 year out——50Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona12—1 year out——51Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky12—1 year out——52San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico12—1 year out$68,628—53Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne, Wyoming12—1 year out——54Columbus Technical CollegeColumbus, Georgia11—1 year out——55Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan11—1 year out——56Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska11—1 year out——57Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas11—1 year out——58College of the SequoiasVisalia, California10—1 year out——59Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington10—1 year out——60College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho10—1 year out$61,460—61Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia10—1 year out——62Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois9—1 year out——63Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa9—1 year out——64Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina9—1 year out——65Snead State Community CollegeBoaz, Alabama8—1 year out——66Barstow Community CollegeBarstow, California8—1 year out——67San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California8—1 year out$53,338—68Morgan Community CollegeFort Morgan, Colorado8—1 year out——69Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia8—1 year out——70Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois8—1 year out——71Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois8—1 year out——72Iowa Lakes Community CollegeEstherville, Iowa8—1 year out——73Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri8—1 year out——74Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio8—1 year out——75Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina8—1 year out——76Enterprise State Community CollegeEnterprise, Alabama7—1 year out——77Los Medanos CollegePittsburg, California7—1 year out——78San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California7—1 year out——79Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado7—1 year out——80Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia7—1 year out——81Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois7—1 year out——82Henderson Community CollegeHenderson, Kentucky7—1 year out——83Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor, Maine7—1 year out——84Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington7—1 year out——85Mid-State Technical CollegeWisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin7—1 year out——86Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky6—1 year out——87Delta CollegeUniversity Center, Michigan6—1 year out——88Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan6—1 year out——89Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina6—1 year out——90Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon6—1 year out——91North Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington6—1 year out——92Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas6—1 year out——93Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia5—1 year out——94City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois5—1 year out——95Illinois Eastern Community CollegesOlney, Illinois5—1 year out——96West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky5—1 year out——97Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota5—1 year out——98Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsville, Texas5—1 year out——99Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah5—1 year out——100Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin5—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 261 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Warren County Career CenterLebanon, Ohio3$70,3051 year out$53,046—2Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri17$70,0101 year out$69,556$14,100 3Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky96$69,3781 year out—$5,625 4Montcalm Community CollegeSidney, Michigan17$66,3581 year out—$10,500 5Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky289$65,7431 year out—$9,250 6Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne, Wyoming15$64,2261 year out——7Rend Lake CollegeIna, Illinois73$61,6771 year out——8Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky243$61,0261 year out—$8,693 9Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky219$59,4581 year out—$8,962 10Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky118$59,0471 year out—$5,500 11Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MurfreesboroMurfreesboro, Tennessee48$57,6321 year out$60,665—12Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky333$56,3001 year out—$8,200 13Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky96$55,7931 year out——14Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin13$55,7931 year out—$11,000 15San Joaquin Valley College-ModestoSalida, California66$55,3141 year out$65,882$9,500 16San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California28$55,3141 year out$65,882$9,500 17San Joaquin Valley College-OntarioOntario, California27$55,3141 year out$65,882$9,500 18San Joaquin Valley College-BakersfieldBakersfield, California10$55,3141 year out$65,882$9,500 19San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education CenterFresno, California5$55,3141 year out$65,882$9,500 20Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee—$54,5881 year out$67,242—21Tennessee College of Applied Technology-DicksonDickson, Tennessee33$54,3201 year out$55,264—22Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnvilleMcMinnville, Tennessee25$53,7601 year out$62,371—23Tennessee College of Applied Technology NorthwestNewbern, Tennessee95$53,2261 year out$57,919—24Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ShelbyvilleShelbyville, Tennessee85$52,1151 year out$77,321—25Tennessee College of Applied Technology-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee12$50,5241 year out——26Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin44$49,6671 year out$65,863$12,000 27Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HartsvilleHartsville, Tennessee25$49,2471 year out——28College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho15$48,5241 year out$61,893$9,786 29Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota24$47,3801 year out$75,619—30Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia24$47,2061 year out$48,206—31Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin1$46,5911 year out$63,596$9,166 32Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper CumberlandCrossville, Tennessee21$45,6171 year out$53,113—33Universal Technical Institute-CantonCanton, Michigan158$44,8001 year out$58,701$9,500 34Tri-Rivers Career CenterMarion, Ohio12$44,5971 year out——35Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky49$44,1981 year out—$5,496 36Nashville Auto-Diesel CollegeNashville, Tennessee120$42,2131 year out$55,025$12,000 37Lincoln Technical Institute-South PlainfieldSouth Plainfield, New Jersey20$42,2131 year out$55,025$12,000 38Lincoln College of Technology-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana—$42,2131 year out$55,025$12,000 39Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MorristownMorristown, Tennessee42$40,3561 year out$54,344—40Tennessee College of Applied Technology-PulaskiPulaski, Tennessee10$40,1461 year out——41Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking CountyNewark, Ohio7$39,6901 year out—$8,898 42Southeastern Technical CollegeVidalia, Georgia0$38,5271 year out——43New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, Pennsylvania18$38,3211 year out—$13,789 44TCAT AthensAthens, Tennessee—$38,0931 year out$63,950—45Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ElizabethtonElizabethton, Tennessee18$34,2051 year out$43,423—46North American Trade SchoolsBaltimore, Maryland20$34,0041 year out$45,945$10,561 47Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and TechnologyPleasant Gap, Pennsylvania16$33,5061 year out$49,757$4,400 48Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HohenwaldHohenwald, Tennessee34$26,1351 year out$57,450—49Philadelphia Technician TrainingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania101$19,7941 year out—$9,500 50Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana284—1 year out——51Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama258—1 year out——52Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia256—1 year out$56,488—53Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California108—1 year out——54Great Basin CollegeElko, Nevada102—1 year out——55Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska91—1 year out——56Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah90—1 year out——57Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia88—1 year out$58,732—58Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia74—1 year out——59Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin69—1 year out——60West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia68—1 year out$62,005—61Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama68—1 year out——62Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia64—1 year out——63Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasDe Queen, Arkansas62—1 year out——64College of the SequoiasVisalia, California62—1 year out——65Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan, Utah55—1 year out——66West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky52—1 year out——67Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky51—1 year out——68Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky50—1 year out——69J F Ingram State Technical CollegeDeatsville, Alabama46—1 year out——70Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama46—1 year out——71Northwest Shoals Community CollegeMuscle Shoals, Alabama43—1 year out——72Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama43—1 year out——73Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa43—1 year out——74Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah43—1 year out——75San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California41—1 year out——76University of Arkansas at MonticelloMonticello, Arkansas40—1 year out—$5,500 77Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka, Kansas40—1 year out$65,738—78Oconee Fall Line Technical CollegeSandersville, Georgia38—1 year out——79Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia35—1 year out——80Riverland Community CollegeAustin, Minnesota35—1 year out——81Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois34—1 year out——82Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin33—1 year out——83Enterprise State Community CollegeEnterprise, Alabama32—1 year out——84South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia32—1 year out——85Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio32—1 year out$57,419$6,500 86Tennessee College of Applied Technology-LivingstonLivingston, Tennessee32—1 year out——87Barstow Community CollegeBarstow, California31—1 year out——88North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia31—1 year out——89Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia30—1 year out——90Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska30—1 year out——91Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia30—1 year out——92Snead State Community CollegeBoaz, Alabama29—1 year out——93Northwest Louisiana Technical Community CollegeMinden, Louisiana28—1 year out——94Columbus Technical CollegeColumbus, Georgia26—1 year out——95Fresno City CollegeFresno, California25—1 year out——96Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia25—1 year out——97Southeastern Community CollegeWest Burlington, Iowa25—1 year out——98George C Wallace Community College-DothanDothan, Alabama24—1 year out——99Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia24—1 year out——100Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, Utah24—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).