Mechanics & Repairers degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #317 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Mechanics & Repairers Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 347 degrees in mechanics & repairers annually.
Your choice of mechanics & repairers school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for mechanics & repairers schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Mechanics & Repairers Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Mechanics & Repairers in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the mechanical repair degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in mechanics & repairers needs to take a look at Ivy Tech Community College. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ivy Tech Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 95 mechanics & repairers students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent data year.
Henry Ford College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in mechanics & repairers. Located in the city of Dearborn, Henry Ford College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 33rd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 11 mechanics & repairers students who graduated with this degree at Henry Ford College in the most recent year we have data available.
Tidewater Community College is a great option for students interested in a degree in mechanics & repairers. Tidewater Community College is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk. This college ranks 32nd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 10 mechanics & repairers students who graduated with this degree at Tidewater Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of mechanics & repairers school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for mechanics & repairers schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.