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Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Kansas

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,176 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 652 degrees and certificates from a Kansas school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Kansas 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 Kansas

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

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

Our analysis found Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology to be the best value school for vehicle maintenance & repair students who want to pursue a associate degree in Kansas. Located in the rural area of Wichita, WSU Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

WSU Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $5,715 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that vehicle repair majors at WSU Tech take out while working on their Associate Degree is $13,134.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Salina Area Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance & repair schools in Kansas. Salina Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Salina.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Salina Tech are $7,320 a year.

Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Salina Area Technical College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at North Central Kansas Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance & repair schools in Kansas. North Central Kansas Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Beloit.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Central Kansas Technical College are $8,492 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Kansas Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Goodland, NWKTC is a public college with a fairly small student population.

Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Northwest Kansas Technical College Report

Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 500
Minnesota 857
South Dakota 206
Iowa 686
North Dakota 139
Nebraska 757

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 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 Airman 1st Class Nigel Sandridge.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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