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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Maine ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 37 associate degrees in vehicle maintenance & repair to qualified students.
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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to vehicle maintenance & repair students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other vehicle maintenance & repair students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
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 easy is it for vehicle maintenance & repair to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
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 colleges for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their associate degree.
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 Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Vehicle Maintenance & Repair in Maine
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair.
Top Maine Schools for an Associate in Vehicle Repair
Northern Maine Community College is a great decision for students pursuing an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair. Located in the town of Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College is a public college with a fairly small student population.
Soon after graduation, vehicle repair associate recipients typically make an average of $28,971 in the first five years of their career.
Any student who is interested in an associate degree in vehicle maintenance & repair has to take a look at Central Maine Community College. Located in the rural area of Auburn, Central Maine Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
Associate recipients from the vehicle maintenance & repair degree program at Central Maine Community College get $3,811 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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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