A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate and maintain a variety of heavy equipment, such as a crawler tractors, motor graders and scrapers, shovels, rigging devices, hoists, and jacks. Includes instruction in digging, ditching, sloping, stripping, grading, and backfiling, clearing and excavating.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest Louisiana Technical College | 83 | 4% | $4,276 |
| 2 | Hocking College | 79 | 8% | $16,798 |
| 3 | Ivy Tech Community College | 68 | 0% | $5,788 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics | 67 | 12% | $23,808 |
| 5 | State Technical College of Missouri | 61 | 11% | $17,522 |
| 6 | Bates Technical College | 47 | 4% | $6,316 |
| 7 | New Castle School of Trades | 47 | 10% | N/A |
| 8 | Community College of Allegheny County | 41 | 2% | $5,815 |
| 9 | Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education | 30 | 18% | N/A |
| 10 | Butte College | 30 | 1% | $3,286 |
| 11 | Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee | 26 | 2% | N/A |
| 12 | Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology | 26 | 15% | N/A |
| 13 | Bridgerland Technical College | 24 | 3% | N/A |
| 14 | Central Lakes College-Brainerd | 23 | 3% | $6,493 |
| 15 | North Central Kansas Technical College | 22 | 5% | $16,974 |
| 16 | Wake Technical Community College | 19 | 0% | $4,268 |
| 17 | Hazard Community and Technical College | 18 | 1% | $5,248 |
| 18 | Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center | 17 | 13% | N/A |
| 19 | Lake Area Technical Institute | 17 | 2% | $6,732 |
| 20 | North Arkansas College | 16 | 3% | $3,448 |
| 21 | Pearl River Community College | 16 | 1% | $13,350 |
| 22 | Salish Kootenai College | 14 | 7% | $15,140 |
| 23 | Copiah-Lincoln Community College | 14 | 2% | $11,230 |
| 24 | United Tribes Technical College | 14 | 15% | $12,822 |
| 25 | Northwest Iowa Community College | 14 | 4% | $18,002 |
| 26 | The University of Montana | 12 | 0% | $20,966 |
| 27 | Flathead Valley Community College | 11 | 3% | $17,654 |
| 28 | Washburn Institute of Technology | 11 | 1% | $8,832 |
| 29 | Schuylkill Technology Center | 10 | 21% | N/A |
| 30 | Turtle Mountain Community College | 10 | 4% | $2,650 |
| 31 | Miles Community College | 9 | 8% | $13,480 |
| 32 | Mississippi Delta Community College | 9 | 2% | $9,150 |
| 33 | Miami Valley Career Technology Center | 9 | 4% | N/A |
| 34 | Mountainland Technical College | 9 | 1% | $1,692 |
| 35 | Washington County Community College | 8 | 6% | $13,262 |
| 36 | Central Arizona College | 8 | 1% | $14,680 |
| 37 | Trinidad State Junior College | 7 | 1% | $19,195 |
| 38 | Buckeye Joint Vocational School | 7 | 9% | N/A |
| 39 | Central Community College | 7 | 0% | $13,200 |
| 40 | Florida Panhandle Technical College | 5 | 2% | N/A |
| 41 | Stanly Community College | 5 | 0% | $4,037 |
| 42 | Pontotoc Technology Center | 5 | 12% | N/A |
| 43 | Southern Maine Community College | 4 | 0% | $17,082 |
| 44 | Santiago Canyon College | 4 | 0% | $3,071 |
| 45 | Sitting Bull College | 3 | 6% | $14,256 |
| 46 | Erwin Technical College | 3 | 0% | $3,804 |
| 47 | Southern Oklahoma Technology Center | 2 | 1% | N/A |
| 48 | West Kentucky Community and Technical College | 2 | 0% | $5,248 |
| 49 | Central Ohio Technical College | 1 | 0% | $5,856 |
| 50 | Utah State University | 1 | 0% | $20,504 |
| 51 | Douglas Education Center | 1 | 0% | $22,635 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.