2025 Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 15 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for industrial mechanics & maintenance technology students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 731 associate degrees in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology School for Your Associate Degree

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to industrial mechanics & maintenance technology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of industrial mechanics & maintenance technology students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized industrial mechanics & maintenance technology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for industrial mechanics & maintenance technology students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech

1

Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology has to check out Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Located in the small city of Rome, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology from Georgia Northwestern Technical College

2

Gateway Community and Technical College
Florence, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Gateway Community and Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology. Gateway is a small public college located in the suburb of Florence.More information about a associate in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology from Gateway Community and Technical College

3

Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
Bowling Green, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology has to look into Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College. Located in the city of Bowling Green, SKYCTC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology from Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

4

Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Central Georgia Technical College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology. CGTC is a fairly large public college located in the small city of Warner Robins.More information about a associate in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology from Central Georgia Technical College

5

Owensboro Community and Technical College
Owensboro, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Located in the rural area of Owensboro, Owensboro Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in industrial mechanics & maintenance technology from Owensboro Community and Technical College

Best Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial mechanics & maintenance technology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

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Rankings in Majors Related to Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech

Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology is one of 2 different types of Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Tech

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.