Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

68,097 students earn a vehicle maintenance and repair technologies/technicians credential each year across 913 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $81,436
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $79,862

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Bachelor's programs — 15 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida101$81,4361 year out$89,361$16,452 2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida—$81,4361 year out$89,361$16,452 3SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville, New York12$53,3081 year out$57,956$23,215 4Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan0$47,2861 year out$77,085$27,000 5Montana State University-NorthernHavre, Montana23—1 year out$72,181—6Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California16—1 year out——7Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California12—1 year out——8Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington6—1 year out——9Centralia CollegeCentralia, Washington3—1 year out——10Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, New York2—1 year out——11Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho1—1 year out——12Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——13Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan1—1 year out——14Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Tennessee1—1 year out——15Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois0—1 year out$79,862—

Associate programs — top 100 of 578 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida76$76,6631 year out$85,087$12,500 2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida—$76,6631 year out$85,087$12,500 3Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota26$65,3111 year out$66,372$12,000 4San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education CenterFresno, California2$64,3261 year out$75,646$20,188 5San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California—$64,3261 year out$75,646$20,188 6Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota7$59,4411 year out——7Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria, Illinois33$58,1221 year out$58,827—8Community College of AuroraAurora, Colorado10$57,6771 year out——9Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota52$57,3821 year out$60,481$12,000 10North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpeton, North Dakota95$56,6591 year out$63,841$11,835 11Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas56$56,3151 year out—$14,000 12Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyBroomfield, Colorado143$55,2191 year out$62,631$17,428 13Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma78$55,0881 year out$69,426$11,425 14Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota26$53,6521 year out$64,362$12,000 15Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona79$52,6731 year out$52,438$5,625 16Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska71$52,5561 year out$55,467$10,375 17Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii24$52,4601 year out$78,144—18Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, Pennsylvania33$52,4071 year out$64,861$16,163 19Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa78$52,3251 year out$61,327$9,624 20Northwest Iowa Community CollegeSheldon, Iowa23$52,1741 year out$51,849$11,326 21Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho55$52,1321 year out$55,803$14,572 22New Mexico Junior CollegeHobbs, New Mexico14$52,0241 year out——23St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota23$51,4781 year out$55,846$12,000 24Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana100$51,4651 year out$63,393$12,000 25Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota67$51,1161 year out$62,963$12,000 26Parkland CollegeChampaign, Illinois38$51,0931 year out$53,706$7,000 27Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah53$51,0471 year out$62,416$12,500 28Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa31$50,9011 year out$47,784$11,500 29Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas91$50,5311 year out$71,094$14,503 30Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania115$50,5191 year out$62,087$12,000 31Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa41$49,5561 year out$55,687$12,000 32Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont14$48,8171 year out$64,077—33Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan14$48,7051 year out$52,602$12,443 34Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon74$48,1441 year out$64,976$12,666 35Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin39$47,9981 year out$62,483$11,000 36North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa30$47,8821 year out$53,412$6,238 37Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska41$47,8391 year out$60,685—38Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa33$47,7621 year out$51,252$12,000 39Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia31$47,7221 year out$54,590$11,167 40Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana17$47,7021 year out$53,559—41Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado16$47,5291 year out$47,215—42Hallmark UniversitySan Antonio, Texas103$47,4461 year out$60,838$23,287 43SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville, New York31$47,3961 year out$52,641$12,000 44Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, Minnesota11$47,2061 year out—$19,441 45Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota133$47,0801 year out$54,641$12,000 46Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa24$46,8521 year out$53,297$13,000 47Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho12$46,7701 year out$56,345$12,000 48Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska51$46,7581 year out$50,072$5,500 49Helena College University of MontanaHelena, Montana19$46,2881 year out$58,422$14,028 50Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota50$46,2621 year out$54,505$12,000 51Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio29$46,2491 year out——52Columbia-Greene Community CollegeHudson, New York6$46,2361 year out——53Universal Technical Institute-CantonCanton, Michigan72$45,8961 year out$59,200$20,997 54Clark CollegeVancouver, Washington16$45,6561 year out$59,905$10,370 55Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina67$45,6041 year out$56,129$14,249 56Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas28$45,5941 year out$56,650—57Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota41$45,4691 year out$64,684$12,000 58Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin23$45,2461 year out—$11,250 59Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon29$44,9061 year out$40,620—60Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa25$44,8961 year out$54,430$10,000 61Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina58$44,6531 year out$62,806—62Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska51$44,5281 year out$51,318$11,739 63College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho21$44,0371 year out$49,017$7,743 64Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota15$44,0321 year out$47,853—65Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York40$43,7991 year out$59,676$10,275 66Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts24$43,6021 year out$55,489$7,272 67Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri85$43,4911 year out$56,203$12,000 68Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn, Maine10$43,3721 year out$58,739$11,750 69Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York26$43,2721 year out$58,299$11,125 70Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York34$43,2371 year out—$11,000 71New York Automotive and Diesel InstituteJamaica, New York64$43,0461 year out—$20,674 72Lincoln College of Technology-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana92$42,8961 year out$52,774$12,000 73Lincoln College of Technology-DenverDenver, Colorado47$42,8961 year out$52,774$12,000 74Nashville Auto-Diesel CollegeNashville, Tennessee20$42,8961 year out$52,774$12,000 75Lincoln College of Technology-Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, Texas2$42,8961 year out$52,774$12,000 76State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri105$42,5441 year out$47,955$12,000 77Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York44$42,4961 year out$73,505$7,000 78University of Northwestern OhioLima, Ohio595$42,3381 year out$56,462$20,332 79Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky29$42,2241 year out$56,184$9,625 80Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, Pennsylvania122$42,1121 year out$49,907$12,000 81SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York103$41,9941 year out$56,578$12,000 82Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland, Kansas22$41,6381 year out$46,392—83Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas23$41,1941 year out$50,580$10,230 84Northern Maine Community CollegePresque Isle, Maine10$40,9771 year out$47,092$11,276 85Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana7$40,8801 year out——86Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, New York218$40,8571 year out$67,121$20,000 87Universal Technical Institute-OrlandoOrlando, Florida716$40,2131 year out—$17,368 88Universal Technical Institute of Northern California IncSacramento, California477$40,2131 year out—$17,368 89Universal Technical Institute-PhoenixAvondale, Arizona139$40,2131 year out—$17,368 90Jones Technical InstituteJacksonville, Florida231$40,2081 year out$50,562$18,311 91San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas48$40,1691 year out$59,369—92Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas30$39,8351 year out——93Universal Technical Institute of Arizona IncAvondale, Arizona863$39,4581 year out$54,733$17,389 94Universal Technical Institute-MooresvilleMooresville, North Carolina517$39,4581 year out$54,733$17,389 95Universal Technical Institute of California IncRancho Cucamonga, California516$39,4581 year out$54,733$17,389 96Universal Technical Institute-Southern CaliforniaLong Beach, California463$39,4581 year out$54,733$17,389 97Universal Technical Institute-South Florida MiramarMiramar, Florida0$39,4581 year out$54,733$17,389 98New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island73$39,0261 year out$52,909$13,762 99Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina43$39,0081 year out$42,743$7,916 100Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina24$38,9521 year out$54,481$11,000

Certificate programs — top 100 of 842 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan9$68,7911 year out$93,158$26,000 2West Los Angeles CollegeCulver City, California108$65,9781 year out——3Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota20$58,7451 year out——4Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York30$55,7461 year out$54,311$8,250 5San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education CenterFresno, California25$54,9771 year out—$20,000 6San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California—$54,9771 year out—$20,000 7Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, Pennsylvania—$53,9921 year out$67,821$15,664 8Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska151$52,0601 year out——9Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana53$51,2261 year out—$12,841 10Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas146$50,9561 year out$62,971$17,000 11Aviation Institute of Maintenance-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania104$50,6181 year out$61,906$32,500 12Dixie Technical CollegeSaint George, Utah67$50,2891 year out$63,049—13Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California106$49,7291 year out——14National Aviation Academy of Tampa BayClearwater, Florida374$48,7831 year out$65,128$22,777 15Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, Illinois189$48,3081 year out$39,639$9,500 16Aviation Institute of Maintenance-CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina74$47,9511 year out$50,246$31,263 17Aviation Institute of Maintenance-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana66$47,9511 year out$50,246$31,263 18Aviation Institute of Maintenance-PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona0$47,9511 year out$50,246$31,263 19Gordon Cooper Technology CenterShawnee, Oklahoma82$47,8761 year out$42,115—20Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa44$47,5451 year out—$7,110 21North Central InstituteClarksville, Tennessee64$47,1441 year out——22Aviation Institute of Maintenance-FremontFremont, California105$47,1091 year out$60,502$32,500 23Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas357$47,0141 year out$57,901$12,000 24St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota27$45,9601 year out$57,990$12,000 25Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota23$45,9511 year out$55,522$12,000 26National Aviation Academy of New EnglandConcord, Massachusetts117$45,8011 year out$63,903$21,958 27Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin259$45,6751 year out$63,686$8,250 28IYRS School of Technology & TradesNewport, Rhode Island34$45,6631 year out$46,354$9,500 29Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, Pennsylvania13$45,4791 year out$41,069$15,958 30Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota9$44,6611 year out$44,862—31Aviation Institute of Maintenance-NorfolkNorfolk, Virginia82$44,5721 year out$51,423$29,728 32Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota26$44,3091 year out$55,078$6,275 33Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky572$44,2381 year out$44,686$9,625 34Aviation Institute of Maintenance-OrlandoCasselberry, Florida109$44,0971 year out$51,767$30,941 35Aviation Institute of Maintenance-ChicagoChicago, Illinois3$44,0971 year out$51,767$30,941 36Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin84$43,9651 year out—$9,333 37Western Suffolk BOCESNorthport, New York50$43,9521 year out$61,136$16,717 38Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa14$43,5361 year out$57,150$5,500 39Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming35$43,5061 year out$68,385—40Aviation Institute of Maintenance-DallasIrving, Texas170$43,4601 year out$53,334$32,500 41Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas122$43,4431 year out$52,468$10,500 42San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California99$43,2851 year out$55,590—43Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls, Minnesota32$43,2541 year out$52,470$11,302 44Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia353$42,4931 year out$43,471$8,250 45Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota132$42,2941 year out$49,002$11,129 46Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina215$42,2641 year out$56,024$10,702 47Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado218$42,1201 year out—$8,125 48Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia39$41,8011 year out——49Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado300$41,7451 year out—$10,501 50Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota40$41,6721 year out$55,050$6,500 51Rock Valley CollegeRockford, Illinois150$41,6251 year out$76,119$8,745 52Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota31$41,5721 year out$61,551$12,000 53Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MemphisMemphis, Tennessee112$41,2681 year out$47,728$10,106 54Northshore Technical Community CollegeLacombe, Louisiana263$41,2251 year out——55Universal Technical Institute of Illinois IncLisle, Illinois541$41,1471 year out$54,442$14,243 56Universal Technical Institute-Southern CaliforniaLong Beach, California190$41,1471 year out$54,442$14,243 57Universal Technical Institute of California IncRancho Cucamonga, California125$41,1471 year out$54,442$14,243 58Universal Technical Institute of Arizona IncAvondale, Arizona121$41,1471 year out$54,442$14,243 59Universal Technical Institute-MooresvilleMooresville, North Carolina18$41,1471 year out$54,442$14,243 60Universal Technical Institute-South Florida MiramarMiramar, Florida4$41,1471 year out$54,442$14,243 61Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas142$40,7201 year out—$11,000 62Metro Technology CentersOklahoma City, Oklahoma119$40,6241 year out$67,434$12,500 63Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania IncExton, Pennsylvania466$40,4691 year out$53,251$16,000 64Universal Technical Institute-BloomfieldBloomfield, New Jersey466$40,4691 year out$53,251$16,000 65Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort WorthIrving, Texas160$40,4691 year out$53,251$16,000 66Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.Houston, Texas109$40,4691 year out$53,251$16,000 67Universal Technical Institute-West TexasAustin, Texas23$40,4691 year out$53,251$16,000 68Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado47$40,3581 year out——69Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyRiverside, California150$40,2061 year out$59,421$20,009 70Spartan College of Aeronautics & TechnologyInglewood, California146$40,2061 year out$59,421$20,009 71Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina76$40,1401 year out$57,694$9,500 72West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia145$40,0921 year out$37,378—73Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterClearwater, Florida68$40,0251 year out$36,335—74University of Northwestern OhioLima, Ohio78$39,9601 year out$54,470$17,417 75Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan14$39,7191 year out$50,127$5,500 76GateWay Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona499$39,6901 year out$48,731—77GateWay Community College-Central CityPhoenix, Arizona15$39,6901 year out$48,731—78San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas100$39,5621 year out$57,367—79Aviation Institute of Maintenance-AtlantaDuluth, Georgia180$39,4801 year out$56,962$32,376 80Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada159$39,4801 year out$56,962$32,376 81Universal Technical Institute-CantonCanton, Michigan234$39,4051 year out$57,466$21,570 82Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina64$39,3261 year out$29,007$15,750 83Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia235$39,2681 year out$35,924—84Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho26$39,2561 year out$47,443$11,000 85Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, Minnesota17$39,1651 year out$46,376$9,500 86Advanced Technology InstituteVirginia Beach, Virginia65$38,9421 year out$46,328$14,619 87Fort Myers Technical CollegeFort Myers, Florida67$38,9001 year out$42,047—88Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan, Utah74$38,7071 year out——89Aviation Institute of Maintenance-HoustonHouston, Texas102$38,6231 year out$52,893$32,500 90George Stone Technical CollegePensacola, Florida63$38,5361 year out——91Pickens Technical CollegeAurora, Colorado95$38,5031 year out$31,741—92Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri89$38,4571 year out$42,011$11,000 93Orange Technical College-South CampusOrlando, Florida64$38,4541 year out——94Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin35$38,0911 year out$42,645$9,500 95Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota21$38,0011 year out$49,744$9,885 96Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, Georgia29$37,9771 year out—$11,000 97Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan32$37,9271 year out$43,271$6,460 98Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona177$37,8261 year out$56,784$9,125 99Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana50$37,7691 year out—$13,905 100Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore, Wisconsin10$37,7451 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).