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2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

37 Colleges
$7,483 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,570 Avg Salary

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

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is the #71 most popular major in the country with 56,539 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 37 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for vehicle repair students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Amarillo College the best value school in the Southwest Region for vehicle maintenance and repair students working on their undergraduate certificate. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.

Amarillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,704 in tuition and fees each year. On average, vehicle repair graduates from Amarillo College take out $13,991 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Wharton County Junior College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance and repair schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Wharton, Wharton County Junior College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wharton County Junior College are $4,872 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.

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#4

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kilgore College is a great value for vehicle maintenance and repair students working on their undergraduate certificate. Kilgore College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Kilgore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kilgore College are $5,256 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, vehicle repair majors at Kilgore College accumulate an average of around $9,680 in student debt.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Chandler-Gilbert Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value vehicle maintenance and repair schools in the Southwest Region . Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chandler.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chandler-Gilbert Community College are $7,854 per year. On average, vehicle repair graduates from Chandler-Gilbert Community College take out $11,982 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#6

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Lone Star College System landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate vehicle maintenance and repair programs. North Harris Montgomery is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Harris Montgomery are $6,168 a year. Vehicle Repair majors at North Harris Montgomery take out an average of $6,677 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Lone Star College System Report

Tarrant County College District did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for vehicle maintenance and repair students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Tarrant County College is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

Tarrant County College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,235 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that vehicle repair majors at Tarrant County College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $14,888.

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#8

Texarkana College

Texarkana, TX

With a ranking of #8, Texarkana College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for vehicle maintenance and repair students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Texarkana, Texarkana College is a public college with a small student population.

Texarkana College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,236 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Vehicle Maintenance & Repair at Texarkana College Report

Texas State Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSTC are $11,369 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, vehicle repair graduates from TSTC carry an average student debtload of $9,588.

TSTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for vehicle maintenance and repair students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Irving, Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Dallas is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Dallas are $16,757 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, vehicle repair graduates from Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Dallas carry an average student debtload of $26,833. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $149, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Colleges by State

Explore the best vehicle maintenance and repair schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,683
Arizona 752
Oklahoma 162
New Mexico 104

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 19,594
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 8,717
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 7,770
Precision Systems Maintenance 1,932
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,267

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 37 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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