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2022 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
271 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanic & Repair Technologies is the 27th most popular major in the country with 100,894 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanic and repair technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,617 and had an average of $12,590 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 mechanic and repair technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in mechanic and repair technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanic and repair technologies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanic and repair technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanic & Repair Technologies (Income $0-$30k)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Oklahoma State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a medium-sized school located in Durant, Oklahoma that handed out 24 bachelors’s mechanic and repair technologies degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University also made our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Southeastern Oklahoma State University is $6,102 for bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Southeastern Oklahoma State University Mechanic & Repair Technologies Report

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ferris State University is a fairly large school located in Big Rapids, Michigan that handed out 12 bachelors’s mechanic and repair technologies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,207 for bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ferris.

Read more about Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Ferris

#3

Rio Hondo College

Whittier, California
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Hondo College landed the #3 spot on the list. RHCCD is a fairly large school located in Whittier, California that handed out 11 bachelors’s mechanic and repair technologies degrees in 2019-2020.

RHCCD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $4,797 for bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rio Hondo College.

Full RHCCD Mechanic & Repair Technologies Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Northern. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Havre, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s mechanic and repair technologies degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montana State University - Northern, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,688 for bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Montana State University - Northern.

Read more about Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Montana State University - Northern

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #5 spot on the list. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mechanic and repair technologies degrees to 87 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k list, Embry-Riddle Worldwide has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,756 for Bachelor’s Degree Mechanic & Repair Technologies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Embry-Riddle Worldwide.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Mechanic & Repair Technologies Report

#6

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Western Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. WMU is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 13 bachelors’s mechanic and repair technologies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k list, WMU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WMU is $13,021 for Bachelor’s Degree Mechanic & Repair Technologies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Western Michigan University Mechanic & Repair Technologies Report

#7 in overall quality

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mechanic and repair technologies students in 2019-2020.

BFIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,321 for bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full BFIT Mechanic & Repair Technologies Report

#8

Morrisville State College

Morrisville, New York
#8 in overall quality

Morrisville State College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Morrisville State College is a public institution located in Morrisville, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Morrisville State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Morrisville State College is $15,995 for bachelor’s degree mechanic & repair technologies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Morrisville State College Mechanic & Repair Technologies Report

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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

  • *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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