2025 Best Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
17
Colleges in the Southwest Region
2,718
Associate Degrees
Ranked #26 in popularity,
automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 17 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2,718 associate degrees in automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician School for Your Associate Degree
The automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for automobile/automotive mechanics technology/technician students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.