2023 Most Focused Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.

Mechanics & Repairers is the 317th most popular major in the country with 391 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mechanics and repairers graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,179 and had an average of $8,323 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 84 mechanics and repairers graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,179 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in mechanics and repairers. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mechanics and repairers.

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Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region mechanical repair students.

Top 5 Most Focused Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers in the Southeast Region

1

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville
Hanceville, Alabama

$36,585 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,164 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wallace State Community College, Hanceville landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hanceville, Alabama, and it awarded 39 ’s mechanical repair degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mechanics & Repairers at Wallace State Community College, Hanceville

2

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas

$34,344 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,493 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the #2 spot on the list. UAFS is a medium-sized public school situated in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It awarded 16 ’s mechanical repair degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Mechanics & Repairers Report

3

West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg, West Virginia

$36,389 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,181 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University at Parkersburg landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified ’s mechanical repair students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mechanics & Repairers at West Virginia University at Parkersburg

4

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, Virginia

$33,302 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,710 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 10 ’s mechanical repair degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mechanics & Repairers at Tidewater Community College

5

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

$27,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,910 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perkinston, Mississippi. It awarded 14 ’s mechanical repair degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mechanics & Repairers at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alfred Palmer.