Mechanics & Repairers is about average in terms of popularity for associate degrees programs. That is, it ranks #155 out of the 328 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Mechanics & Repairers Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 203 associate degrees in mechanics & repairers to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Mechanics & Repairers School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of mechanics & repairers for getting your associate degree school matters. 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
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 much a school focuses on mechanics & repairers students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of mechanics & repairers students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
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 much debt mechanics & repairers 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 mechanics & repairers related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mechanics & repairers students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mechanics & Repairers Associate Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Mechanics & Repairers in the United States
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for mechanics & repairers students seeking a an associate degree.
It's difficult to beat Wallace State Community College, Hanceville if you want to pursue an associate degree in mechanics & repairers. Located in the town of Hanceville, Wallace State, Hanceville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Associate students who receive their degree from the mechanical repair program earn an average of $44,179 in the first couple years of their career.
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).