2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanics & Repairers is the 311th most popular major in the country with 420 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanics and repairers graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $9,700 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 65 mechanics and repairers graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 62 mechanics and repairers graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanics and repairers. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanics and repairers programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanics and repairers program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The mechanical repair school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree mechanical repair students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville

Hanceville, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$8,744 Average Net Price

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wallace State Community College, Hanceville landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hanceville, Alabama, this small public school handed out 42 diplomas to qualified associates’s mechanical repair students in 2019-2020.

Wallace State, Hanceville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanics & Repairers Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,744 for southeast region associate degree mechanical repair students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Wallace State Community College, Hanceville.

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#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$9,775 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 7 associates’s mechanical repair degrees in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College also made our “Best Mechanics & Repairers Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Tidewater Community College is $9,775 for southeast region associate degree mechanical repair students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Mechanics & Repairers at Tidewater Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers (Income $48-$75k)

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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