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

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General Mechanics & Repairers is the 800th most popular major in the country with 347 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southeast region, there were 60 general mechanics & repairers graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanics & Repairers Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general mechanics & repairers. That schools that top this list have a program in general mechanics & repairers in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanics & Repairers Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanics & Repairers Major in the Southeast Region”.

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

1

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville
Hanceville, Alabama

$36,585 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,476 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanics & Repairers 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 33 ’s general mechanics & repairers degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Wallace State Community College, Hanceville General Mechanics & Repairers Report

2

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas

$34,344 Average Early-Career Earnings

$18,884 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanics & Repairers Major in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and it awarded 6 ’s general mechanics & repairers degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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3

West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg, West Virginia

$36,389 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,686 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanics & Repairers Major in the Southeast Region. West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a small school located in Parkersburg, West Virginia that handed out 10 ’s general mechanics & repairers degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Mechanics & Repairers at West Virginia University at Parkersburg

4

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, Virginia

$33,302 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,382 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Mechanics & Repairers Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 10 ’s general mechanics & repairers degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Mechanics & Repairers at Tidewater Community College

5

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

$27,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,136 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 General Mechanics & Repairers Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public institution located in Perkinston, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.

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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

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