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.
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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 analysis found Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide to be the best value school for vehicle maintenance & repair students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southeast Region . 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.
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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 town of Fulton, ICC is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ICC are $5,360 a year.
The excellent associate degree programs at Savannah Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance & repair schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Savannah, Savannah Tech is a public college 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.
Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Savannah Technical College Report
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 small 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.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means South Louisiana Community College is a great value for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Lafayette, South Louisiana Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Louisiana Community College are $4,205 a year.
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Arkansas State University - Beebe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. 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.
Read full report on Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Arkansas State University - Beebe
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 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.
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Southern Crescent Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree vehicle maintenance & repair programs. Southern Crescent Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Griffin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southern Crescent Technical College are $5,526 a year.
Southern Crescent Technical College also claimed a spot on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Florence-Darlington Technical College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a small public school located in the 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.
Columbus Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbus.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbus Technical College are $5,442 per year.
Columbus Technical College also claimed a spot on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges by State
Explore the best vehicle maintenance & repair schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 3,279 |
South Carolina | 416 |
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 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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