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2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree School for You
With 63,451 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, vehicle maintenance & repair is the #6 most popular major in the United States.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 48 schools in the Southeast Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for vehicle repair 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. 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 Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide the best value school in the Southeast Region for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their associate degree. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $11,185 per year. The average amount in student loans that vehicle repair majors at Embry-Riddle Worldwide take out while working on their Associate Degree is $19,098.
Out of the 48 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Fulton, ICC is a public college with a small student population.
ICC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,360 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 48 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Savannah, Savannah Tech is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Savannah Tech are $5,442 a year.
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Out of the 48 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Northwestern Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Rome.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,512 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Georgia Northwestern Technical College also did well on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Louisiana Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lafayette, South Louisiana Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
South Louisiana Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,205 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at South Louisiana Community College Report
Arkansas State University - Beebe landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree vehicle maintenance & repair programs. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the fringe town of Beebe.
ASU-Beebe undergraduate students pay an average of $4,728 in tuition and fees each year.
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Delgado Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Delgado Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,679 in tuition and fees each year. On average, vehicle repair graduates from Delgado Community College take out $18,713 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Southern Crescent Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Southern Crescent Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Griffin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern Crescent Technical College are $5,526 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Southern Crescent Technical College also is in the top 20% of our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Southern Crescent Technical College Report
Florence-Darlington Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for vehicle maintenance & repair students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Florence.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Florence-Darlington Technical College are $6,772 a year.
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Columbus Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for vehicle maintenance & repair students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Columbus.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbus Technical College are $5,442 per year.
Columbus Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Columbus Technical College Report
Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges by State
Explore the best vehicle maintenance & repair colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Carolina | 416 |
Georgia | 3,279 |
Arkansas | 945 |
North Carolina | 3,010 |
Florida | 3,722 |
West Virginia | 82 |
Louisiana | 761 |
Virginia | 595 |
Alabama | 491 |
Kentucky | 2,936 |
Tennessee | 1,165 |
Mississippi | 563 |
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Related Majors for Vehicle Repair
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is one of 7 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Vehicle Repair Concentrations
Most Popular Majors Related to Vehicle Repair
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
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 |
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 Airman 1st Class Nigel Sandridge.
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