2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 420 people earned their degree in mechanics and repairers, making the major the 311th most popular in the United States. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanics and repairers program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree mechanical repair students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville

Hanceville, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$7,411 Average Net Price

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wallace State Community College, Hanceville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mechanical Repair Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Hanceville, Alabama, and it awarded 42 associates’s mechanical repair degrees in 2019-2020.

Wallace State, Hanceville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanics & Repairers Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wallace State, Hanceville is $7,411 for southeast region associate degree mechanical repair students with aid.

Read full report on Mechanics & Repairers at Wallace State, Hanceville

#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,408 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 Getting Aid list. Tidewater Community College is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s mechanical repair degrees to qualified students.

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 $8,408 for southeast region associate degree mechanical repair students with aid.

Read more about Mechanics & Repairers at Tidewater Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers (With Aid)

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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