2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician is the 111th most popular major in the country with 32,871 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 5,743 automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Rio Hondo College

Whittier, California

#1 in overall quality

$9,303 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Hondo College landed the #1 spot on the list. RHCCD is a fairly large public school situated in Whittier, California. It awarded 11 bachelors’s automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

RHCCD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $9,303 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend RHCCD.

Full RHCCD Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Airman 1st Class Nigel Sandridge.

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