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2023 Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

51 Colleges
$9,547 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,095 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 96,307 mechanic and repair technologies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for mechanic and repair technologies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Fox Valley Technical College to be the best value school for mechanic and repair technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . FVTC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FVTC are $6,861 a year.

FVTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Chippewa Valley Technical College is a great value for mechanic and repair technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CVTC are $6,683 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CVTC is ranked #5 for overall quality for mechanic and repair technologies in the Great Lakes Region .

Full Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Chippewa Valley Technical College Report

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Madison Area Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanic and repair technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madison College are $6,769 per year.

Madison College also claimed a spot on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NWTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWTC are $6,849 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NWTC also did well on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

Out of the 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Technical College are $6,687 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Western Technical College also did well on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #6, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanic and repair technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. WITC is a small public school located in the rural area of Shell Lake.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WITC are $6,960 a year.

Full Mechanic & Repair Technologies at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Report

Southwest Wisconsin Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mechanic and repair technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,683 per year.

Southwest Tech also made our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.

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With a ranking of #8, Gateway Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanic and repair technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Gateway Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Kenosha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Gateway Technical College are $6,803 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Waukesha County Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanic and repair technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WCTC are $6,603 a year.

WCTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#10

Lakeshore Technical College

Cleveland, WI

With a ranking of #10, Lakeshore Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanic and repair technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Cleveland, LTC is a public school with a small student population.

LTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,056 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Mechanic & Repair Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanic and repair technologies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 1,638
Michigan 1,433
Wisconsin 1,640
Ohio 2,201
Illinois 4,470

Mechanic & Repair Technologies Majors to Study

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
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,267
Mechanics & Repairers 391
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies. 122

Majors Similar to Mechanic & Repair Technologies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,306
Precision Production 52,905
Construction Trades 35,794
Transportation & Materials Moving 28,383

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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