Ontario, CA (population: 174,731) has four appliance repair schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. American Pacific College, the highest ranked school in this group with an appliance repair program, has a total student population of 74. It is the 718th highest ranked school in the USA and the 45th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Appliance Repair students from Ontario schools who go on to become appliance technicians, appliance repairers, machine repairmen, refrigeration mechanics, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 34,670 people working as home appliance repairers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $35,590. Also, Firstline supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers make on average $60,630 per year and there are about 427,560 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area alone, there are 4,300 employed firstline supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers earning an average salary of $63,590. Home appliance repairers in this area earn $41,670/yr and there are ** employed.
Ontario lies in San Bernardino county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area has 1,197,590 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $41,840 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in Ontario are held by home appliance repairers, and 4/1000 are held by firstline supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers.
Of the 4 appliance repair schools with a 100-mile radius of Ontario, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, American Pacific College comes out as the most expensive ($24,876/yr) for appliance repair students, with Victor Valley College as the lowest, reported at only $7,831/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Ontario |
| Chino | CA | 84,585 | 0 | - | 0 | 5.4 miles |
| Rancho Cucamonga | CA | 176,424 | 3 | 21.593 | 139 | 5.4 miles |
| Claremont | CA | - | 9 | 42.2091 | 338 | 7.1 miles |
| Pomona | CA | 154,638 | 7 | 31.7114 | 195 | 8.6 miles |
| Fontana | CA | 191,526 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.3 miles |
| La Verne | CA | - | 1 | 61.7321 | 71 | 9.7 miles |
| Chino Hills | CA | 74,322 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.7 miles |
| Diamond Bar | CA | 57,662 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.0 miles |
| Riverside | CA | 302,653 | 8 | 32.5108 | 359 | 14.2 miles |
| Yorba Linda | CA | 67,194 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.4 miles |
| Glendora | CA | 49,443 | 1 | 12.4755 | 68 | 14.9 miles |
| Covina | CA | 46,974 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.7 miles |
| West Covina | CA | 106,032 | 5 | 23.6693 | 37 | 17.2 miles |
| Azusa | CA | 47,782 | 1 | 31.8299 | 58 | 18.3 miles |
| San Bernardino | CA | 199,314 | 10 | 20.0516 | 225 | 19.4 miles |
| Anaheim | CA | 342,336 | 9 | 24.4064 | 97 | 20.8 miles |
| Hacienda Heights | CA | 52,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.9 miles |
| Fullerton | CA | 133,165 | 6 | 21.8966 | 252 | 21.8 miles |
| Tustin | CA | 74,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.9 miles |
| Garden Grove | CA | 167,800 | 4 | 26.4852 | 22 | 27.4 miles |
| Cerritos | CA | 51,327 | 3 | 18.7768 | 18 | 29.2 miles |
| Cypress | CA | 47,588 | 2 | 8.65396 | 110 | 29.4 miles |
| Alhambra | CA | 86,214 | 4 | 31.3851 | 25 | 29.9 miles |
| Mission Viejo | CA | 95,388 | 1 | 19.6994 | 137 | 30.5 miles |
| Fountain Valley | CA | 56,133 | 3 | 26.6774 | 70 | 30.6 miles |
| Downey | CA | 107,986 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.8 miles |
| Lake Elsinore | CA | 56,703 | 0 | - | 0 | 31.1 miles |
| Altadena | CA | 41,677 | 0 | - | 0 | 31.3 miles |
| Costa Mesa | CA | 113,091 | 7 | 22.8122 | 265 | 31.4 miles |
| East Los Angeles | CA | 135,682 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.1 miles |