South Florida Institute of Technology
Miami, FL · Private for-profit · Less-than-two-year
🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance 🔧 Plumbing & Pipefitting 🏗️ Construction Technology & Management
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🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance Schools
Industrial maintenance — also called mechatronics or industrial electrical — covers motors and drives, PLCs, hydraulics and pneumatics, and mechanical systems in plants. It is one of the better-paid technical paths and is in persistent short supply, because it demands both electrical and mechanical competence.
How people actually get in
Plants hire directly out of these programmes, often with tuition support. The PLC and controls content is the differentiator; a programme without real PLC time is training you for the lower half of the pay band.
Ask before you enrol
- Confirm substantial hands-on PLC work, naming the platform (Allen-Bradley is the common one).
- Ask whether both electrical and mechanical sides are covered — employers want both.
- Check for plant partnerships, apprenticeships, or employer tuition reimbursement.
Largest programs
Where the most people graduate
By credentials awarded in the reporting year. That is a size signal, not a quality ranking — big programs are easier to get into and easier to get lost in.
Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA · Public · Two-year
🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair +7 more
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
Bowling Green, KY · Public · Two-year
🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication ⚡ Electrical 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair +3 more
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Lexington, KY · Public · Two-year
🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication ⚡ Electrical 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair +4 more
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN · Public · Two-year
🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair ⚡ Electrical +8 more
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, GA · Public · Two-year
🔩 Industrial & Electrical Maintenance 🔥 Welding & Metal Fabrication 🚗 Automotive & Collision Repair ❄️ HVAC & Refrigeration +6 more
Every school, by state
All 411 industrial & electrical maintenance schools
Alabama 18
- George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville Hanceville · Public
- Gadsden State Community College Gadsden · Public
- Southern Union State Community College Wadley · Public
- Shelton State Community College Tuscaloosa · Public
- Northwest Shoals Community College Muscle Shoals · Public
- Lurleen B Wallace Community College Andalusia · Public
- Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville · Public
- J F Ingram State Technical College Deatsville · Public
- Central Alabama Community College Alexander City · Public
- Enterprise State Community College Enterprise · Public
- Reid State Technical College Evergreen · Public
- Snead State Community College Boaz · Public
- George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan · Public
- H Councill Trenholm State Community College Montgomery · Public
- George C Wallace State Community College-Selma Selma · Public
- Lawson State Community College Birmingham · Public
- University of West Alabama Livingston · Public
- Bevill State Community College Jasper · Public
Alaska 2
- Alaska Vocational Technical Center Seward · Public
- University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage · Public
Arizona 8
- Pima Community College Tucson · Public
- Mesa Community College Mesa · Public
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College Chandler · Public
- Yavapai College Prescott · Public
- Estrella Mountain Community College Avondale · Public
- Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute Glendale · Private for-profit
- Eastern Arizona College Thatcher · Public
- Carrington College-Phoenix North Phoenix · Private for-profit
Arkansas 15
- University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Fort Smith · Public
- Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas De Queen · Public
- University of Arkansas at Monticello Monticello · Public
- Black River Technical College Pocahontas · Public
- Arkansas State University-Newport Newport · Public
- Arkansas State University Three Rivers Malvern · Public
- University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton Morrilton · Public
- Southern Arkansas University Tech Camden · Public
- Arkansas Northeastern College Blytheville · Public
- University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Hope · Public
- University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville Batesville · Public
- Arkansas State University-Beebe Beebe · Public
- National Park College Hot Springs · Public
- East Arkansas Community College Forrest City · Public
- Southeast Arkansas College Pine Bluff · Public
California 53
- Fresno City College Fresno · Public
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles · Public
- Long Beach City College Long Beach · Public
- Mt San Antonio College Walnut · Public
- College of the Sequoias Visalia · Public
- San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto Salida · Private for-profit
- Los Medanos College Pittsburg · Public
- Barstow Community College Barstow · Public
- Laney College Oakland · Public
- San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia · Private for-profit
- American River College Sacramento · Public
- Imperial Valley College Imperial · Public
- San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario Ontario · Private for-profit
- Lemoore College Lemoore · Public
- Bakersfield College Bakersfield · Public
- Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster · Public
- Sierra College Rocklin · Public
- Chabot College Hayward · Public
- Universal Technical Institute of California Inc Rancho Cucamonga · Private for-profit
- City College of San Francisco San Francisco · Public
- Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa · Public
- Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill · Public
- Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen · Public
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Fremont Fremont · Private for-profit
- Saddleback College Mission Viejo · Public
- Irvine Valley College Irvine · Public
- Coastline Community College Fountain Valley · Public
- Modesto Junior College Modesto · Public
- Merced College Merced · Public
- Foothill College Los Altos Hills · Public
- San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield Bakersfield · Private for-profit
- CET-San Jose San Jose · Private nonprofit
- Santiago Canyon College Orange · Public
- El Camino Community College District Torrance · Public
- Pasadena City College Pasadena · Public
- San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino · Public
- Sacramento City College Sacramento · Public
- Rio Hondo College Whittier · Public
- Allan Hancock College Santa Maria · Public
- Clovis Community College Fresno · Public
- College of San Mateo San Mateo · Public
- Cuesta College San Luis Obispo · Public
- Glendale Community College Glendale · Public
- Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills · Public
- Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles · Public
- East Los Angeles College Monterey Park · Public
- Madera Community College Madera · Public
- San Joaquin Delta College Stockton · Public
- San Jose City College San Jose · Public
- Victor Valley College Victorville · Public
- Hartnell College Salinas · Public
- Orange Coast College Costa Mesa · Public
- Skyline College San Bruno · Public
Colorado 3
- Pueblo Community College Pueblo · Public
- Morgan Community College Fort Morgan · Public
- Pikes Peak State College Colorado Springs · Public
Connecticut 2
- Porter & Chester Institute Bridgeport · Private for-profit
- Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden Hamden · Private for-profit
Delaware 1
- Polytech Adult Education Woodside · Public
Florida 11
- South Florida Institute of Technology Miami · Private for-profit
- CBT Technology Institute-Main Campus Miami · Private for-profit
- Futura Career Institute Hialeah · Private for-profit
- Big Bend Technical College Perry · Public
- Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater Clearwater · Public
- CBT Technology Institute-Hialeah Hialeah · Private for-profit
- Southern Technical College Orlando · Private for-profit
- Palm Beach State College Lake Worth · Public
- Orange Technical College-South Campus Orlando · Public
- Suncoast Technical College Sarasota · Public
- North Florida College Madison · Public
Georgia 22
- Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins · Public
- Georgia Northwestern Technical College Rome · Public
- Columbus Technical College Columbus · Public
- Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta · Public
- Savannah Technical College Savannah · Public
- Lanier Technical College Gainesville · Public
- Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Valdosta · Public
- Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin · Public
- Athens Technical College Athens · Public
- Oconee Fall Line Technical College Sandersville · Public
- West Georgia Technical College Waco · Public
- Southern Regional Technical College Thomasville · Public
- Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville · Public
- North Georgia Technical College Clarkesville · Public
- Coastal Pines Technical College Waycross · Public
- Albany Technical College Albany · Public
- Augusta Technical College Augusta · Public
- South Georgia Technical College Americus · Public
- Southeastern Technical College Vidalia · Public
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College Clarkston · Public
- Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee Chamblee · Private for-profit
- Ogeechee Technical College Statesboro · Public
Idaho 3
- North Idaho College Coeur d'Alene · Public
- College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls · Public
- Lewis-Clark State College Lewiston · Public
Illinois 26
- Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills · Public
- Joliet Junior College Joliet · Public
- Kankakee Community College Kankakee · Public
- Lincoln Land Community College Springfield · Public
- Rend Lake College Ina · Public
- William Rainey Harper College Palatine · Public
- Elgin Community College Elgin · Public
- Kaskaskia College Centralia · Public
- Illinois Central College East Peoria · Public
- College of DuPage Glen Ellyn · Public
- City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College Chicago · Public
- John Wood Community College Quincy · Public
- Southwestern Illinois College Belleville · Public
- Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc Lisle · Private for-profit
- Sauk Valley Community College Dixon · Public
- John A Logan College Carterville · Public
- Parkland College Champaign · Public
- Heartland Community College Normal · Public
- Richland Community College Decatur · Public
- Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby · Public
- Prairie State College Chicago Heights · Public
- Chicago Professional Center Prospect Heights · Private for-profit
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Olney · Public
- McHenry County College Crystal Lake · Public
- College of Lake County Grayslake · Public
- Shawnee Community College Ullin · Public
Indiana 2
- Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis · Public
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis Indianapolis · Private for-profit
Iowa 10
- Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids · Public
- Southeastern Community College West Burlington · Public
- Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon · Public
- Southwestern Community College Creston · Public
- North Iowa Area Community College Mason City · Public
- Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar · Public
- Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge · Public
- Iowa Lakes Community College Estherville · Public
- Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa · Public
- Marshalltown Community College Marshalltown · Public
Kansas 7
- Pittsburg State University Pittsburg · Public
- Johnson County Community College Overland Park · Public
- Washburn Institute of Technology Topeka · Public
- Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology Wichita · Public
- Washburn University Topeka · Public
- Garden City Community College Garden City · Public
- Labette Community College Parsons · Public
Kentucky 13
- Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green · Public
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington · Public
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown · Public
- Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro · Public
- Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville · Public
- Somerset Community College Somerset · Public
- Gateway Community and Technical College Florence · Public
- Henderson Community College Henderson · Public
- Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville · Public
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg · Public
- Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville · Public
- Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland · Public
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah · Public
Louisiana 11
- South Louisiana Community College Lafayette · Public
- Northshore Technical Community College Lacombe · Public
- Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College Minden · Public
- Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe · Public
- River Parishes Community College Gonzales · Public
- Central Louisiana Technical Community College Alexandria · Public
- Bossier Parish Community College Bossier City · Public
- Fletcher Technical Community College Schriever · Public
- Nunez Community College Chalmette · Public
- Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge · Public
- Delgado Community College New Orleans · Public
Maine 1
- Washington County Community College Calais · Public
Maryland 2
- North American Trade Schools Baltimore · Private for-profit
- Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown · Public
Massachusetts 1
- Bunker Hill Community College Boston · Public
Michigan 19
- Universal Technical Institute-Canton Canton · Private for-profit
- Dorsey College-Dearborn Detroit · Private for-profit
- Dorsey College Madison Heights · Private for-profit
- Macomb Community College Warren · Public
- Montcalm Community College Sidney · Public
- Oakland Community College Auburn Hills · Public
- Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids · Public
- Kellogg Community College Battle Creek · Public
- Henry Ford College Dearborn · Public
- Ferris State University Big Rapids · Public
- Michigan Career and Technical Institute Plainwell · Public
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Kalamazoo · Public
- Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor · Public
- Muskegon Community College Muskegon · Public
- West Shore Community College Scottville · Public
- Delta College University Center · Public
- Lansing Community College Lansing · Public
- Northern Michigan University Marquette · Public
- Southwestern Michigan College Dowagiac · Public
Minnesota 3
- Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park · Public
- Riverland Community College Austin · Public
- Minnesota North College Hibbing · Public
Mississippi 11
- Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia · Public
- Itawamba Community College Fulton · Public
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston · Public
- East Mississippi Community College Scooba · Public
- Coahoma Community College Clarksdale · Public
- Pearl River Community College Poplarville · Public
- Meridian Community College Meridian · Public
- Northeast Mississippi Community College Booneville · Public
- Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead · Public
- Hinds Community College Raymond · Public
- Holmes Community College Goodman · Public
Missouri 7
- Ranken Technical College Saint Louis · Private nonprofit
- American Trade School Saint Ann · Private for-profit
- State Technical College of Missouri Linn · Public
- East Central College Union · Public
- Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff · Public
- Grand River Technical School Chillicothe · Public
- Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield · Public
Montana 1
- Flathead Valley Community College Kalispell · Public
Nebraska 4
- Central Community College Grand Island · Public
- Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha · Public
- Southeast Community College Area Lincoln · Public
- Mid-Plains Community College North Platte · Public
Nevada 2
- Great Basin College Elko · Public
- College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas · Public
New Hampshire 1
- Lakes Region Community College Laconia · Public
New Jersey 3
- Thomas Edison State University Trenton · Public
- Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education Westampton · Public
- Camden County College Blackwood · Public
New Mexico 4
- Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque · Public
- Clovis Community College Clovis · Public
- San Juan College Farmington · Public
- Southeast New Mexico College Carlsbad · Public
New York 4
- Mohawk Valley Community College Utica · Public
- Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool · Public
- Cayuga County Community College Auburn · Public
- Niagara County Community College Sanborn · Public
North Dakota 1
- Bismarck State College Bismarck · Public
Ohio 15
- Northwest State Community College Archbold · Public
- Butler Technology and Career Development Schools Monroe · Public
- Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training Marietta · Public
- Auburn Career Center Concord Twp · Public
- Tri-Rivers Career Center Marion · Public
- Warren County Career Center Lebanon · Public
- Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County Newark · Public
- Sinclair Community College Dayton · Public
- Buckeye Hills Career Center Rio Grande · Public
- Scioto County Career Technical Center Lucasville · Public
- Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland · Public
- Apollo Career Center Lima · Public
- Upper Valley Career Center Piqua · Public
- Edison State Community College Piqua · Public
- Stark State College North Canton · Public
Oklahoma 6
- Tulsa Technology Center Tulsa · Public
- Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology Okmulgee · Public
- Southern Oklahoma Technology Center Ardmore · Public
- Central Technology Center Drumright · Public
- Oklahoma Technical College Tulsa · Private nonprofit
- Autry Technology Center Enid · Public
Oregon 6
- Portland Community College Portland · Public
- Linn-Benton Community College Albany · Public
- Rogue Community College Grants Pass · Public
- Clackamas Community College Oregon City · Public
- Blue Mountain Community College Pendleton · Public
- Tillamook Bay Community College Tillamook · Public
Pennsylvania 14
- Philadelphia Technician Training Philadelphia · Private nonprofit
- Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute Wyomissing · Private for-profit
- Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster · Public
- New Castle School of Trades New Castle · Private for-profit
- YTI Career Institute-York York · Private for-profit
- York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education York · Public
- Rosedale Technical College Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit
- Reading Area Community College Reading · Public
- Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville · Public
- Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood · Public
- Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology Pleasant Gap · Public
- Delaware County Community College Media · Public
- Luzerne County Community College Nanticoke · Public
- Northampton County Area Community College Bethlehem · Public
South Carolina 11
- Tri-County Technical College Pendleton · Public
- Greenville Technical College Greenville · Public
- Piedmont Technical College Greenwood · Public
- Aiken Technical College Graniteville · Public
- Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence · Public
- Central Carolina Technical College Sumter · Public
- Trident Technical College Charleston · Public
- York Technical College Rock Hill · Public
- Midlands Technical College West Columbia · Public
- Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Orangeburg · Public
- Technical College of the Lowcountry Beaufort · Public
Tennessee 25
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest Newbern · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville Shelbyville · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson Dickson · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown Morristown · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald Hohenwald · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson Jackson · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Murfreesboro · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland Crossville · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis Memphis · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski Pulaski · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll Paris · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston Livingston · Public
- Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga Chattanooga · Private for-profit
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump Crump · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville Knoxville · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton Elizabethton · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville McMinnville · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie McKenzie · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville Hartsville · Public
- TCAT Athens Athens · Public
- William R Moore College of Technology Memphis · Private nonprofit
- Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman Harriman · Public
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville Huntsville · Public
- Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg · Public
Texas 12
- Panola College Carthage · Public
- Odessa College Odessa · Public
- Laredo College Laredo · Public
- South Plains College Levelland · Public
- Texarkana College Texarkana · Public
- Western Technical College El Paso · Private for-profit
- Tyler Junior College Tyler · Public
- El Paso Community College El Paso · Public
- Hill College Hillsboro · Public
- Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont · Public
- Texas Southmost College Brownsville · Public
- Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. Houston · Private for-profit
Utah 11
- Bridgerland Technical College Logan · Public
- Utah State University Logan · Public
- Davis Technical College Kaysville · Public
- Mountainland Technical College Lehi · Public
- Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden · Public
- Tooele Technical College Tooele · Public
- Southwest Technical College Cedar City · Public
- Snow College Ephraim · Public
- Weber State University Ogden · Public
- Utah Valley University Orem · Public
- Utah Tech University Saint George · Public
Virginia 10
- New River Community College Dublin · Public
- Danville Community College Danville · Public
- Tidewater Community College Norfolk · Public
- Mountain Gateway Community College Clifton Forge · Public
- Central Virginia Community College Lynchburg · Public
- Patrick & Henry Community College Martinsville · Public
- Piedmont Virginia Community College Charlottesville · Public
- Eastern Shore Community College Melfa · Public
- Brightpoint Community College Chester · Public
- Rappahannock Community College Glenns · Public
Washington 8
- Edmonds College Lynnwood · Public
- Everett Community College Everett · Public
- Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla · Public
- Green River College Auburn · Public
- North Seattle College Seattle · Public
- Renton Technical College Renton · Public
- Bates Technical College Tacoma · Public
- Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee · Public
West Virginia 3
- West Virginia University at Parkersburg Parkersburg · Public
- Ben Franklin Career Center Dunbar · Public
- Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Martinsburg · Public
Wisconsin 16
- Madison Area Technical College Madison · Public
- Fox Valley Technical College Appleton · Public
- Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire · Public
- Lakeshore Technical College Cleveland · Public
- Waukesha County Technical College Pewaukee · Public
- Northcentral Technical College Wausau · Public
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay · Public
- Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee · Public
- Mid-State Technical College Wisconsin Rapids · Public
- Gateway Technical College Kenosha · Public
- Moraine Park Technical College Fond du Lac · Public
- Northwood Technical College Rice Lake · Public
- Nicolet Area Technical College Rhinelander · Public
- Blackhawk Technical College Janesville · Public
- Western Technical College La Crosse · Public
- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Fennimore · Public
Wyoming 3
- Western Wyoming Community College Rock Springs · Public
- Northern Wyoming Community College District Sheridan · Public
- Laramie County Community College Cheyenne · Public
Other trades
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CIP codes folded into this page: 47.0000, 47.0101, 47.0105, 47.0199, 47.0303, 47.9999. Source: IPEDS, US Department of Education.
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