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Most Popular Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2 Colleges
$52,559 Avg Salary
$22,706 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Bachelor's 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Vehicle Maintenance & Repair program at each school on the list.


 

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for vehicle repair majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our analysis found Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide to be the most popular school for vehicle maintenance & repair students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.

About 4% of the students majoring in vehicle repair at the school are women while 96% are male.

Vehicle Repair majors at Embry-Riddle Worldwide take out an average of $25,606 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Report

#2

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Southern Adventist University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular vehicle maintenance & repair schools in the Southeast Region . Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Collegedale.

Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Southern Adventist University Report

Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges by State

Explore the best vehicle maintenance & repair colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 416
Georgia 3,279
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 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 2 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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