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Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in New York

2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$5,950 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, mechanic & repair technologies students earned 1,928 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for mechanic & repair technologies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Mechanic & Repair Technologies

#1

Erie Community College

Buffalo, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Erie Community College the best value school in New York for mechanic & repair technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Buffalo, Erie Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Erie Community College are $5,950 a year.

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#2

Erie 1 BOCES

West Seneca, NY

The excellent basic certificate programs at Erie 1 BOCES helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanic & repair technologies schools in New York. Erie 1 BOCES is a small public school located in the large suburb of West Seneca.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanic & repair technologies schools in New York. Located in the large suburb of Liverpool, Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES is a public college with a small student population.

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#2

Western Suffolk BOCES

Northport, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Suffolk BOCES. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Northport, Western Suffolk BOCES is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,403
Maryland 390
Delaware 130
Pennsylvania 2,575
District of Columbia 6

Mechanic & Repair Technologies Majors to Study

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
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,184
Mechanics & Repairers 347
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies. 110

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 149,352
Precision Production 55,411
Construction Trades 40,802
Transportation & Materials Moving 33,306

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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