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 22 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of vehicle maintenance & repair. Combined, these schools handed out 4,318 associate degrees in vehicle maintenance & repair to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Vehicle Maintenance & Repair School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of vehicle maintenance & repair for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality vehicle repair program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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.
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 Southwest Region.
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Texas State Technical College is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their associate from the vehicle repair program state that they receive average early career income of $38,506.
Every student who is interested in an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair needs to take a look at Tarrant County College District. Tarrant County College is a very large public college located in the large city of Fort Worth.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from Tarrant County College District receive $9,301 more than the average vehicle repair graduate.
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a great option for students interested in an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Located in the distant town of Okmulgee, OSU Institute of Technology is a public university with a small student population.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology make $13,858 more than the typical vehicle repair graduate.
Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Amarillo.
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair associate degree recipients from Amarillo College receive an earnings boost of around $4,364 above the average income of vehicle maintenance & repair graduates.
Located in the large city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Associate recipients from the vehicle maintenance & repair degree program at Pima Community College earn $11,443 above 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).
Your choice of vehicle maintenance & repair for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality vehicle repair program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
