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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 480 associate degrees in vehicle maintenance & repair to qualified students.
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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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to vehicle maintenance & repair students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other vehicle maintenance & repair students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for vehicle maintenance & repair to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
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 schools for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Spokane Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Spokane Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Spokane.
Associate students who receive their degree from the vehicle repair program earn about $38,197 for their early career.
It's difficult to beat Clark College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Clark College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Vancouver.
Associate recipients from the vehicle maintenance & repair program at Clark College make $3,730 more than the typical 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).
