2022 Best Value Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,407 people earned their degree in medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician, making the major the 601st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 332 medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 46 medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Medium/Heavy Vehicle & Truck Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,814 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest University at El Paso. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Southwest University at El Paso is a small school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 46 associates’s medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest University at El Paso also made our “Best Medium/Heavy Vehicle & Truck Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Southwest University at El Paso is $17,814 for southwest region associate degree medium/heavy vehicle and truck technology/technician students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Medium/Heavy Vehicle & Truck Technology/Technician at Southwest University at El Paso

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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