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Undergraduate certificate · Mechanic and Repair Technologies/technicians

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate): earnings by school

64 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$60,072
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$64,366
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$9,500
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 55 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $56,619 and $72,975. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Bluegrass Community and Technical College KY$78,125$90,983$12,000
Owensboro Community and Technical College KY$58,397$85,957$4,750
Riverland Community College MN$65,622$84,389—
Ivy Tech Community College IN$78,688——
Madison Area Technical College WI—$78,677—
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College KY$71,760$77,533$8,065
Minnesota North College MN—$76,148$12,000
Northwood Technical College WI$70,896$76,005—
Jefferson Community and Technical College KY$81,025$75,744—
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro TN$77,216$74,734—
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia CA$65,644$72,975$9,500
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield CA$65,644$72,975$9,500
San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education Center CA$65,644$72,975$9,500
San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario CA$65,644$72,975$9,500
San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto CA$65,644$72,975$9,500
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest TN$56,646$72,037—
Lakeshore Technical College WI$71,794——
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson TN—$71,457—
West Georgia Technical College GA—$69,981—
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville TN$65,164$69,441—
Northeast Iowa Community College IA—$68,942—
Chippewa Valley Technical College WI$59,913$68,487$5,500
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College KY$65,353$68,390$6,212
TCAT Athens TN—$68,366—
Gateway Community and Technical College KY$66,076$68,296—
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville TN$65,561$68,160—
College of Western Idaho ID—$67,565—
East Mississippi Community College MS—$67,478—
Bridgerland Technical College UT$82,154$66,856—
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville TN—$64,366—
West Kentucky Community and Technical College KY$64,285——
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville TN—$63,846—
Chattanooga State Community College TN$50,241$63,366—
Wake Technical Community College NC—$62,938—
Western Technical College WI$60,072$62,743—
Maysville Community and Technical College KY$62,165——
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson TN$64,002$61,317—
Washburn Institute of Technology KS—$60,991—
Washburn University KS—$60,991—
Gwinnett Technical College GA—$59,644—
Albany Technical College GA—$58,389—
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis IN$52,302$56,980$12,000
Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield NJ$52,302$56,980$12,000
Nashville Auto-Diesel College TN$52,302$56,980$12,000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll TN$44,953$56,648—
Ozarks Technical Community College MO—$56,619—
Universal Technical Institute-Canton MI$48,747$55,726$6,743
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis IN$53,570——
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland TN$35,313$53,245—
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald TN$46,971$52,249—
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology PA$48,857$51,750$4,400
Athens Technical College GA—$50,230—
Hinds Community College MS—$50,064—
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown TN$50,490$49,172—
Somerset Community College KY$48,741——
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crump TN—$48,692—
Northwest State Community College OH—$46,839—
Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County OH$56,283$46,723—
Georgia Northwestern Technical College GA$46,569——
North American Trade Schools MD$51,452$44,231$9,570
New Castle School of Trades PA$41,129—$8,352
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston TN—$39,910—
Philadelphia Technician Training PA$28,653$26,540$9,500
Industrial Technical College PR$24,617——