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 | Butte College | 30 | 1% | $3,286 |
| 10 | Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education | 30 | 18% | N/A |
| 11 | Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology | 26 | 15% | N/A |
| 12 | Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee | 26 | 2% | 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 | Lake Area Technical Institute | 17 | 2% | $6,732 |
| 19 | Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center | 17 | 13% | N/A |
| 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 | Turtle Mountain Community College | 10 | 4% | $2,650 |
| 30 | Schuylkill Technology Center | 10 | 21% | N/A |
| 31 | Miles Community College | 9 | 8% | $13,480 |
| 32 | Mississippi Delta Community College | 9 | 2% | $9,150 |
| 33 | Mountainland Technical College | 9 | 1% | $1,692 |
| 34 | Miami Valley Career Technology Center | 9 | 4% | N/A |
| 35 | Central Arizona College | 8 | 1% | $14,680 |
| 36 | Washington County Community College | 8 | 6% | $13,262 |
| 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 | Pontotoc Technology Center | 5 | 12% | N/A |
| 41 | Florida Panhandle Technical College | 5 | 2% | N/A |
| 42 | Stanly Community College | 5 | 0% | $4,037 |
| 43 | Santiago Canyon College | 4 | 0% | $3,071 |
| 44 | Southern Maine Community College | 4 | 0% | $17,082 |
| 45 | Erwin Technical College | 3 | 0% | $3,804 |
| 46 | Sitting Bull College | 3 | 6% | $14,256 |
| 47 | Southern Oklahoma Technology Center | 2 | 1% | N/A |
| 48 | West Kentucky Community and Technical College | 2 | 0% | $5,248 |
| 49 | Douglas Education Center | 1 | 0% | $22,635 |
| 50 | Central Ohio Technical College | 1 | 0% | $5,856 |
| 51 | Utah State University | 1 | 0% | $20,504 |
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.