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2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
The Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which undergraduate 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Western Wyoming Community College to be the best value school for vehicle maintenance & repair students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . WWCC is a small public school located in the town of Rock Springs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WWCC are $8,640 a year.
WWCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at College of Eastern Idaho helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance & repair schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the small city of Idaho Falls, CEI is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CEI are $6,750 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, vehicle repair majors at CEI accumulate an average of around $14,371 in student debt.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CEI also is in the top 20% of our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Idaho College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. NIC is a small public school located in the city of Coeur d'Alene.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NIC are $8,736 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the rural area of Nampa, CWI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $7,344 per year. On average, vehicle repair graduates from CWI take out $8,452 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northern Wyoming Community College District helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance & repair schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Northern Wyoming Community College District is a small public school located in the remote town of Sheridan.
Northern Wyoming Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $11,130 in tuition and fees each year.
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College of Southern Idaho came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. College of Southern Idaho is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Twin Falls.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at College of Southern Idaho are $6,840 a year.
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Helena College University of Montana ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Helena, Helena College is a public college with a small student population.
Helena College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,863 in tuition and fees each year.
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Montana State University - Northern came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the town of Havre, Montana State University - Northern is a public college with a small student population.
Montana State University - Northern undergraduate students pay an average of $18,665 in tuition and fees each year.
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Utah State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $24,223 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, USU also did well on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #10, Salt Lake Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for vehicle maintenance & repair students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $13,701 per year.
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Request InformationBest Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges by State
Explore the best vehicle maintenance & repair colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 1,884 |
Utah | 758 |
Idaho | 415 |
Montana | 145 |
Wyoming | 736 |
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 17 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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