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 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of vehicle maintenance & repair. Combined, these schools handed out 1,260 associate degrees in vehicle maintenance & repair to qualified students.
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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 account for this we include a college'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 complete 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
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Pennsylvania College of Technology is a wonderful choice for students interested in an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Located in the small city of Williamsport, Penn College is a public college with a small student population.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from Pennsylvania College of Technology receive $9,754 more than the typical vehicle repair student.
It is hard to beat Alfred State College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Alfred State is a small public college located in the rural area of Alfred.
After graduating, vehicle repair associate recipients usually make around $41,994 in their early careers.
It's hard to beat Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology if you want to pursue an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Located in the city of Flushing, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their associate from the vehicle repair program report average early career wages of $40,857.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public college located in the small city of Lancaster.
Soon after graduating, vehicle repair associate recipients generally earn about $35,020 in the first five years of their career.
Located in the city of Troy, HVCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair associate degree recipients from Hudson Valley Community College earn a boost of around $3,034 over the average earnings of vehicle maintenance & repair graduates.
Erie Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Buffalo.
Associate recipients from the vehicle maintenance & repair degree program at Erie Community College earn $2,472 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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.
