Ranked #14 in popularity, vehicle maintenance & repair is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 10 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of vehicle maintenance & repair. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,223 associate degrees in vehicle maintenance & repair during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Vehicle Maintenance & Repair School for Your Associate Degree
The vehicle repair associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
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 take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on vehicle maintenance & repair students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of vehicle maintenance & repair 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.
Student Debt - How much debt vehicle maintenance & repair students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized vehicle maintenance & repair related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Schools
The vehicle repair school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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It's hard to beat Portland Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Portland Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Portland.
Associate recipients from the vehicle maintenance & repair major at Portland Community College earn $4,651 above the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Every student who is interested in an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair has to look into Honolulu Community College. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Honolulu CC is a public college with a small student population.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from Honolulu Community College receive $8,967 more than the typical vehicle repair student.
It is difficult to beat Spokane Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Associate students who receive their degree from the vehicle repair program earn about $38,197 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the midsize city of Vancouver, Clark College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Associate recipients from the vehicle maintenance & repair degree program at Clark College earn $2,163 above the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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).
The vehicle repair associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
