If you're seeking a degree in mechanic & repair technologies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #27 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of mechanic & repair technologies. Combined, these schools handed out 5,339 degrees in mechanic & repair technologies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Mechanic & Repair Technologies School
Your choice of mechanic & repair technologies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Mechanic & Repair Technologies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Mechanic & Repair Technologies Degree Level
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 Mechanic & Repair Technologies Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Mechanic & Repair Technologies in Illinois
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the mechanic & repair technologies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Illinois Schools in Mechanic & Repair Technologies
It is difficult to beat Parkland College if you want to pursue a degree in mechanic & repair technologies. Parkland College is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Champaign. This college ranks 56th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 85 mechanic & repair technologies students who graduated with this degree at Parkland College in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the mechanic & repair technologies degree program at Parkland College make $11,621 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student who is interested in mechanic & repair technologies has to take a look at Rock Valley College. Rock Valley College is a moderately-sized public college located in the midsize city of Rockford. A Best Colleges rank of #1102 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rock Valley College is a great college overall.
There were about 208 mechanic & repair technologies students who graduated with this degree at Rock Valley College in the most recent year we have data available. Those mechanic & repair technologies students who get their degree from Rock Valley College receive $2,153 more than the standard mechanic & repair technologies grad.
Every student who is interested in mechanic & repair technologies needs to look into Southwestern Illinois College. Located in the large suburb of Belleville, SWIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 44th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 208 mechanic & repair technologies students who graduated with this degree at SWIC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Lincoln College of Technology - Melrose Park if you wish to pursue a degree in mechanic & repair technologies. Located in the suburb of Melrose Park, Lincoln Tech - Melrose Park is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
There were approximately 141 mechanic & repair technologies students who graduated with this degree at Lincoln Tech - Melrose Park in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the mechanic & repair technologies program state that they receive average early career income of $33,754.
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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