Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 31 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of vehicle maintenance & repair. Combined, these schools handed out 1,631 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
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 school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 schools 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 Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Ranken Technical College is a wonderful choice for students interested in an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Saint Louis.
Soon after graduation, vehicle repair associate recipients usually earn an average of $43,491 in the first five years of their career.
Any student who is interested in an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair has to check out North Dakota State College of Science. Located in the remote town of Wahpeton, North Dakota State College of Science is a public college with a small student population.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from North Dakota State College of Science earn $8,655 more than the average vehicle repair graduate.
It's difficult to beat Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology if you want to pursue an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. WSU Tech is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Wichita.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology make $8,311 more than the typical vehicle repair student.
Lake Area Technical Institute is a good option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.
Soon after graduation, vehicle repair associate recipients generally make an average of $47,080 at the beginning of their careers.
DCTC is a small public college located in the rural area of Rosemount.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from Dakota County Technical College make $3,112 more than the average vehicle repair graduate.
Hennepin Technical College is a small public college located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park.
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair associate degree recipients from Hennepin Technical College receive an earnings boost of approximately $9,378 above the typical income of vehicle maintenance & repair majors.
Southeast Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Lincoln.
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair associate degree recipients from Southeast Community College Area get an earnings boost of about $4,552 over the average income of vehicle maintenance & repair majors.
DMACC is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Ankeny.
Those vehicle maintenance & repair students who get their associate degree from Des Moines Area Community College earn $4,321 more than the standard vehicle repair grad.
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).