Associate's · Mechanic and Repair Technologies/technicians

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's): earnings by school

203 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$48,236
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$59,648
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$12,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 178 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $52,745 and $63,816. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Minneapolis Community and Technical College MN$71,326$101,982—
Tarrant County College District TX$66,556$90,737—
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill NY—$83,905—
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL$75,552$83,749$17,750
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL$75,552$83,749$17,750
Rock Valley College IL—$83,428—
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology CO$61,589$83,282$25,500
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology NY$60,938$82,928$18,875
Alexandria Technical & Community College MN$68,272$80,688—
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics PA$66,517$79,146$14,498
Illinois Central College IL$58,950$79,029—
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology OK$62,236$75,882$9,500
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia CA—$75,468—
San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education Center CA—$75,468—
North Dakota State College of Science ND$60,380$74,744$11,000
Idaho State University ID$60,852$73,863$11,507
Suffolk County Community College NY$54,340$72,700—
Lake Superior College MN—$72,699—
Salt Lake Community College UT$59,613$72,357$7,250
Northern Wyoming Community College District WY—$72,326—
Honolulu Community College HI$66,905$71,687—
Portland Community College OR—$71,462—
Hennepin Technical College MN$62,660$71,193$12,000
Savannah Technical College GA—$71,023—
Northeastern Junior College CO—$70,530—
Waubonsee Community College IL—$70,429—
Parkland College IL$52,255$70,208$7,000
St Cloud Technical and Community College MN$52,634$70,185—
Joliet Junior College IL—$69,595—
Community College of Aurora CO—$68,677—
Middle Georgia State University GA$62,181$68,083$13,408
Kishwaukee College IL—$67,540—
Utah State University UT$67,525——
Spartanburg Community College SC—$67,466—
Santa Ana College CA—$66,935—
Gateway Technical College WI$45,429$66,344—
Baker College MI—$66,205—
Universal Technical Institute-Canton MI$58,337$66,134$27,125
Vincennes University IN$60,475$65,875$12,000
Enterprise State Community College AL$65,481—$11,000
College of Southern Idaho ID$50,820$65,164—
Spartan College of Aeronautics & Technology CA$58,404$65,090$25,686
Klamath Community College OR$40,565$64,526—
Dunwoody College of Technology MN$53,499$64,209$12,000
Austin Community College District TX$58,517$64,174—
Minnesota State Community and Technical College MN$47,854$63,817—
SUNY Morrisville NY$52,419$63,816$12,000
Community College of Allegheny County PA—$63,679—
Des Moines Area Community College IA$55,522$63,673$8,730
Massachusetts Bay Community College MA$55,806$63,654—
Fox Valley Technical College WI$51,314$63,505$11,000
Northland Community and Technical College MN—$63,434—
Texas State Technical College TX$48,393$63,228$10,751
Jefferson Community and Technical College KY$53,751$63,142$9,100
Skagit Valley College WA—$63,091—
Southeast Community College Area NE$59,231$63,090$11,000
Hallmark University TX$55,865$62,986$19,500
New Mexico Junior College NM—$62,870—
Hawkeye Community College IA$45,184$62,817$10,102
Central Maine Community College ME$51,344$62,797—
Pennsylvania College of Technology PA$53,478$62,647$12,000
Cuyahoga Community College District OH—$62,512—
Ranken Technical College MO$56,209$62,450$12,000
Iowa Western Community College IA$53,320$62,400$10,250
Central Piedmont Community College NC$55,646$62,210—
New York Automotive and Diesel Institute NY$44,202$62,122$15,250
Northwest Iowa Community College IA$54,706$61,907—
San Jacinto Community College TX$47,171$61,487—
Kirkwood Community College IA$53,200$61,486—
Lewis-Clark State College ID—$61,383—
CUNY Kingsborough Community College NY—$61,269—
Dallas College TX$48,670$60,937—
Lake Area Technical College SD$55,690$60,763$12,000
Dakota County Technical College MN$62,622$60,744$11,734
Utah Valley University UT$56,004$60,740—
Northcentral Technical College WI—$60,691—
Pima Community College AZ$33,241$60,296$7,000
Northern Virginia Community College VA$42,866$60,215—
Harrisburg Area Community College PA$43,063$60,172—
Manchester Community College NH$60,147——
Arapahoe Community College CO—$60,131—
Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc AZ$47,922$60,060$14,253
Universal Technical Institute of California Inc CA$47,922$60,060$14,253
Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville NC$47,922$60,060$14,253
Universal Technical Institute-Southern California CA$47,922$60,060$14,253
Universal Technical Institute-South Florida Miramar FL$47,922$60,060$14,253
Southeast Technical College SD$51,758$60,041$12,000
Lincoln College of Technology-Denver CO$48,352$60,037$14,550
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis IN$48,352$60,037$14,550
Nashville Auto-Diesel College TN$48,352$60,037$14,550
Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie TX$48,352$60,037$14,550
Northampton County Area Community College PA$44,396$59,977—
Columbia-Greene Community College NY—$59,318—
Walla Walla Community College WA—$59,294—
Vermont State University VT—$59,232—
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry DE$45,033$58,932—
Clark College WA$61,100$58,804—
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred NY$48,824$58,750$12,000
University of Northwestern Ohio OH$50,083$58,429$21,750
State Technical College of Missouri MO$48,048$58,354$12,000
Iowa Central Community College IA$45,462$58,259$11,000
Tidewater Community College VA$49,621$57,951—
Nashua Community College NH$51,735$57,870—
Rockland Community College NY$57,390——
Monroe Community College NY$48,018$57,250$5,500
Central New Mexico Community College NM—$57,199—
Guilford Technical Community College NC$45,981$57,149$12,000
Metropolitan Community College Area NE$51,938$56,833$7,496
Universal Technical Institute-Phoenix AZ$46,617$56,764$15,553
Universal Technical Institute-Orlando FL$46,617$56,764$15,553
Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc CA$46,617$56,764$15,553
College of Western Idaho ID$43,674$56,346$8,000
Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology KS$57,975$56,117$11,000
College of Southern Nevada NV$44,396$55,996—
Pierpont Community and Technical College WV$55,957——
Front Range Community College CO—$55,939—
Central Lakes College-Brainerd MN$55,701——
Rosedale Technical College PA$46,045$55,449$12,000
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi NY$33,341$55,439$12,000
Greenville Technical College SC$58,413$55,279—
North Iowa Area Community College IA$47,129$54,985—
Western Dakota Technical College SD$48,464$54,948$12,000
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus NJ—$54,875—
Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. TX$47,758$54,818$17,385
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc PA$47,758$54,818$17,385
Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth TX$47,758$54,818$17,385
Universal Technical Institute-West Texas TX$47,758$54,818$17,385
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology PA$46,977$54,752$9,961
Erie Community College NY$48,361$54,648$12,000
Linn-Benton Community College OR$50,341$54,138—
Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical College KS$42,453$54,111—
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology MA$47,324$53,975$12,000
Lansing Community College MI$53,876——
Southern Arkansas University Tech AR—$53,768—
Saint Paul College MN—$53,658—
Jones Technical Institute FL$40,477$53,255$16,274
South Texas College TX$34,527$53,246—
SUNY Corning Community College NY—$53,164—
Hudson Valley Community College NY$52,306$53,029$12,000
Cochise County Community College District AZ—$53,001—
Lincoln Technical Institute-New Britain CT$40,542$52,745$19,868
Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park IL$40,542$52,745$19,868
Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia MD$40,542$52,745$19,868
Lincoln Technical Institute-Levittown PA$40,542$52,745$19,868
Lincoln College of Technology-East Point GA$40,542$52,745$19,868
Northeast Community College NE$49,038$52,727$9,883
New England Institute of Technology RI$44,336$52,674$14,166
Western Iowa Tech Community College IA$43,950$52,659—
Wayne Community College NC$47,489$52,586—
CUNY Bronx Community College NY$40,624$52,560—
Central Community College NE$58,144$52,559$8,077
Forsyth Technical Community College NC$47,160$52,452$7,914
Copiah-Lincoln Community College MS$44,630$52,073—
Ohio Technical College OH$42,754$51,948$12,000
Iowa Lakes Community College IA—$51,598—
Arkansas Tech University AR—$51,122—
Wake Technical Community College NC$55,219$50,907—
Ivy Tech Community College IN$48,343$50,798$11,899
San Juan College NM$45,359$50,442—
Helena College University of Montana MT$49,572$50,149—
Fort Hays Tech North Central KS$42,541$49,994—
New Castle School of Trades PA$38,811$49,887$10,564
Montana State University Billings MT—$49,857—
WyoTech WY$50,772$49,813$6,800
Indian Hills Community College IA$56,294$49,675—
St Philip's College TX$49,609——
Southeastern Community College IA—$48,907—
Northern Maine Community College ME—$48,823—
Georgia Northwestern Technical College GA$48,534——
Chemeketa Community College OR$42,294$48,497—
Crowder College MO—$48,354—
Houston City College TX—$48,330—
Spokane Community College WA$45,066$48,310$11,166
Wilkes Community College NC—$47,738—
Western Technical College TX$41,233$47,068$19,999
Amarillo College TX$45,642$46,983—
Gateway Community and Technical College KY$46,682——
Advanced Technology Institute VA$39,638$46,532$18,219
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College KY$46,376——
Pikes Peak State College CO$48,629$46,350—
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology OK$46,290—$22,232
York Technical College SC$54,510$45,955—
Northeast Mississippi Community College MS$45,208——
Gwinnett Technical College GA$45,201——
Hinds Community College MS$44,943——
Itawamba Community College MS$41,905$44,058—
Bluegrass Community and Technical College KY$42,419——
Davidson-Davie Community College NC$41,841——
Johnson College PA$41,249—$12,000
Aims Community College CO$41,203——
Pennco Tech-Bristol PA$48,128$40,761$12,000
Intellitec College-Grand Junction CO$30,660$40,715$19,986
Southwest University at El Paso TX$36,967$40,705$20,000
Intellitec College-Colorado Springs CO$39,409$40,289—
Ozarks Technical Community College MO$43,333$40,032—
Chattahoochee Technical College GA$39,690——
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College IL$39,683——
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton AR—$39,114—
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana NM$28,775——
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo NM$28,775——
New Mexico State University-Grants NM$28,775——
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$28,775——
Mech-Tech College PR—$21,686—