In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies degree recipients are Houston, TX, Irving, TX, and Phoenix, AZ. The most common degree awarded to students studying Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies and the types of students that study this field. Universal Technical Institute-Auto Motorcycle & Marine Mechanics Institute Division-Orlando (369400) awards the most degrees in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies, followed by WyoTech.
Tuition costs for Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies majors are, on average, $3,917 for in-state public colleges, and $15,720 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies programs are Public, 2-year institutions (601 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (31,709 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies, is Public, 2-year (31,709 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies by year.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Mechanical Technologies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Mechanical Technologies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Mechanical Technologies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Mechanical Technologies is 42.5.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Male employees are more likely to hold Mechanical Technologies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Mechanical Technologies (30,429 students).
The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies is from the 2 Digit Course Mechanical Technologies.
42.5
Average Age in 2022
± 2.14 Years
0.759%
1 Year Change
± 7.21%
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Mechanical Technologies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 44 years old, which represent 4.2% and 3.71% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies is from the 2 Digit Course Mechanical Technologies.
Most Common Countries of Origin
Mexico
672 degree recipients
Philippines
379 degree recipients
India
378 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
Russia
3.97 times more than expected
Ukraine
3.86 times more than expected
Venezuela
2.35 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Russia that hold Mechanical Technologies degrees (3.97 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (672 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies majors need many skills, but most especially Repairing. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Installation, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Repairing, Troubleshooting, and Operations Monitoring are the three most important skills for people in the field.