Mechanics & Repairers degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #317 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of mechanics & repairers. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 391 degrees in mechanics & repairers during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of mechanics & repairers school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for mechanics & repairers schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Mechanics & Repairers Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Mechanics & Repairers in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the mechanical repair degree levels they offer.
Utah State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in mechanics & repairers. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #341 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 mechanics & repairers students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in mechanics & repairers needs to take a look at Ivy Tech Community College. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #519 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ivy Tech Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 105 mechanics & repairers students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent data year.
Wallace State Community College, Hanceville is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in mechanics & repairers. Located in the distant town of Hanceville, Wallace State, Hanceville is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 12th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 39 mechanics & repairers students who graduated with this degree at Wallace State, Hanceville in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, mechanical repair degree recipients usually make about $44,179 at the beginning of their careers.
Tidewater Community College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in mechanics & repairers. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Norfolk. This college ranks 31st out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 10 mechanics & repairers students who graduated with this degree at Tidewater Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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