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2023 Best Value Other Mechanic Technologies Basic Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$11,720 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) Basic Certificate School for You

Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) is the #39 most popular major in the country with 1,267 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Other Mechanic Technologies Basic Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the United States to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for mechanic tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Other Mechanic Technologies

Our analysis found Pima Community College to be the best value school for mechanic and repair tech (other) students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the United States. Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pima County Community College District are $7,566 a year.

Full Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) at Pima Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Greenville Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Mechanic Technologies Basic Certificate Schools list. GTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $9,410 per year.

Read full report on Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) at Greenville Technical College

#3

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent basic certificate programs at Ranken Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanic and repair tech (other) schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, Ranken Technical College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ranken Technical College are $16,164 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ranken Technical College also did well on our Best Other Mechanic Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) at Ranken Technical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Delaware County Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Other Mechanic Technologies Basic Certificate Schools list. Delaware County Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Media.

Delaware County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $13,740 in tuition and fees each year.

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Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 7 majors within the trade school area of study, mechanic and repair tech (other) has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mechanic & Repair\nTech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Other Mechanic & Repair Technologies/Technicians 1,267

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 56,514
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 19,594
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 8,717
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 7,770
Precision Systems Maintenance 1,932

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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