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Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Georgia

2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Georgia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$4,641 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,295 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, vehicle maintenance & repair students earned 3,279 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 2nd 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.

The Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Georgia ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Georgia 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 Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

Our analysis found Savannah Technical College to be the best value school for vehicle maintenance & repair students who want to pursue a associate degree in Georgia. Located in the city of Savannah, Savannah Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Savannah Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $3,042 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Georgia Northwestern Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance & repair schools in Georgia. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Rome.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Georgia Northwestern Technical College are $3,112 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is ranked #5 for overall quality for vehicle repair in Georgia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Crescent Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Georgia list. Southern Crescent Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Griffin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southern Crescent Technical College are $3,126 a year.

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Out of the 9 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbus Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Columbus.

Columbus Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,042 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Central Georgia Technical College is a great value for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their associate degree. CGTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Warner Robins.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CGTC are $3,082 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CGTC is ranked #4 for overall quality for vehicle repair in Georgia.

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Georgia Piedmont Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Clarkston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Piedmont Technical College are $3,158 per year.

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#7

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Gwinnett Technical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree vehicle maintenance & repair programs. Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $3,286 per year. The average amount in student loans that vehicle repair majors at GTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $11,651.

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Augusta Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Augusta Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Augusta.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Augusta Technical College are $3,262 per year.

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Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Atlanta 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. Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Atlanta is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Duluth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Atlanta are $16,657 per year.

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Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 416
Arkansas 945
North Carolina 3,010
Florida 3,722
Virginia 595
Louisiana 761
West Virginia 82
Alabama 491
Kentucky 2,936
Tennessee 1,165
Mississippi 563

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is one of 7 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Vehicle Repair Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician 33,827
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician 8,686
Airframe Mechanics & Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician 7,143
Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician 4,725
Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician 2,739
Medium/Heavy Vehicle & Truck Technology/Technician 2,101
Motorcycle Maintenance & Repair Technology/Technician 1,140
Marine Maintenance/Fitter & Ship Repair Technology/Technician 823
Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician 724
High Performance & Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic 489
General Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies 472
Small Engine Mechanics & Repair Technology/Technician 213
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician 147
Engine Machinist 107
Other Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies 97
Bicycle Mechanics & Repair Technology/Technician 11
Recreation Vehicle (RV) Service Technician 7

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 9 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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