Sacramento, CA (population: 475,452) has five automotive and mechanics schools within its city limits. Charles A. Jones Skills and Business Education Center, the highest ranked school in the city with an automotive and mechanics program, has a total student population of 1,618. It is the 1337th highest ranked school in the USA and the 107th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Automotive and Mechanics students from Sacramento schools who go on to become automotive mechanics, automotive engineers, automotive technicians, mechanics, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 606,990 people working as automotive service technicians and mechanics alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $37,880. Also, Automotive body and related repairers make on average $41,020 per year and there are about 133,290 of them employed in the US today.
Of the 5 automotive and mechanics schools in Sacramento, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc comes out as the most expensive ($61,074/yr) for automotive and mechanics students, with Cosumnes River College as the lowest, reported at only $5,940/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Sacramento |
| West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 4.4 miles |
| Rancho Cordova | CA | 65,274 | 3 | 17.1477 | 50 | 9.4 miles |
| Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 10.7 miles |
| Roseville | CA | 121,485 | 4 | 20.0435 | 49 | 16.3 miles |
| Woodland | CA | 56,758 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.9 miles |
| Folsom | CA | 69,994 | 1 | 12.6843 | 55 | 18.9 miles |
| Rocklin | CA | 56,052 | 2 | 36.0056 | 125 | 20.2 miles |
| Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 38.0 miles |
| Yuba City | CA | 62,588 | 1 | 36.3939 | 5 | 40.2 miles |
| Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 42.4 miles |
| Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 43.9 miles |
| Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 44.4 miles |
| Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 48.7 miles |
| Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 50.5 miles |
| Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 53.4 miles |
| Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.7 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 63.3 miles |
| Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 63.5 miles |
| Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 65.1 miles |
| Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 67.6 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 68.2 miles |
| Oakland | CA | 412,612 | 12 | 26.3295 | 321 | 68.7 miles |
| San Leandro | CA | 78,904 | 1 | 29.9223 | 11 | 70.1 miles |
| Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 70.1 miles |
| Sonora | CA | - | 1 | 10.5858 | 57 | 71.6 miles |
| Ceres | CA | 43,443 | 0 | - | 0 | 72.6 miles |
| Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 73.5 miles |
| Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 73.5 miles |
| San Francisco | CA | 817,411 | 21 | 17.5697 | 455 | 76.8 miles |
| Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 77.5 miles |