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Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$7,118 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Basic Certificate School for You

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is one of the most popular subjects to study in Florida. With 3,722 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Florida to see which basic certificate 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.

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.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

#1

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Palm Beach State College the best value school in Florida for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their basic certificate. Palm Beach State College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Lake Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Palm Beach State College are $3,050 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $11,185 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater is a great value for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Clearwater, Pinellas Technical Education Center-Clearwater is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Advanced Technicians Institute. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Hialeah, AATI is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg is a great value for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Saint Petersburg, Pinellas Technical College -St. Petersburg is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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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
Georgia 3,279
Arkansas 945
North Carolina 3,010
West Virginia 82
Virginia 595
Louisiana 761
Tennessee 1,165
Alabama 491
Kentucky 2,936
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

Majors Similar 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 5 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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