2023 Most Popular Colleges for Mechanics & Repairers 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 “Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 391 people earned their degree in mechanics and repairers, making the major the 317th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mechanics and repairers graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,179 and had an average of $8,323 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 84 mechanics and repairers graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,179 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in mechanics and repairers. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in mechanics and repairers.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region”.

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

1

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville
Hanceville, Alabama

$36,585 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,164 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wallace State Community College, Hanceville. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region. Wallace State, Hanceville is a medium-sized public school situated in Hanceville, Alabama. It awarded 39 ’s mechanical repair degrees in 2020-2021.

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

2

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas

$34,344 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,493 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the #2 spot on the list. Fort Smith, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s mechanical repair degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Full UAFS Mechanics & Repairers Report

3

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, Virginia

$33,302 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,710 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified ’s mechanical repair students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mechanics & Repairers at Tidewater Community College

4

West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg, West Virginia

$36,389 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,181 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 #4 for the Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region. West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public institution located in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full West Virginia University at Parkersburg Mechanics & Repairers Report

5

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

$27,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,910 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Mechanical Repair Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Perkinston, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s mechanical repair degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mechanics & Repairers at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alfred Palmer.