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2023 Best Value Mechanics & Repairers Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,379 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$7,645 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanics & Repairers Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mechanics & repairers was ranked #48 in the country. In fact 347 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Mechanics & Repairers Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for mechanical repair students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanics & Repairers Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mechanical repair majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Mechanics & Repairers

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for mechanics & repairers students working on their undergraduate certificate. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College also did well on our Best Mechanics & Repairers Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Mechanics & Repairers at Ivy Tech Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Macomb Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanics & Repairers Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $7,830 per year.

Full Mechanics & Repairers at Macomb Community College Report

Best Mechanics & Repairers Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanics & repairers schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 41
Indiana 105
Wisconsin 27

One of 7 majors within the trade school area of study, mechanics & repairers has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mechanical Repair Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Mechanics & Repairers 347

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 63,451
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 21,891
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 8,446
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 8,127
Precision Systems Maintenance 2,185

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Alfred Palmer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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