Greenwood Village, CO has fourteen automotive and mechanics schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. United States Air Force Academy, the highest ranked school in this group with an automotive and mechanics program, has a total student population of 4,620. It is the 80th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .
Automotive and Mechanics students from Greenwood Village 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. In fact, in the Denver-Aurora area alone, there are 1,460 employed automotive body and related repairers earning an average salary of $44,770. Automotive service technicians and mechanics in this area earn $39,540/yr and there are 5,510 employed.
Greenwood Village lies in Arapahoe county, which is one of the 55 counties in Colorado. Overall, the Denver-Aurora area has 1,218,790 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $23/hr average worker wage, and a $48,560 average annual salary. Thus, about 5 out of every 1000 jobs in Greenwood Village are held by automotive service technicians and mechanics, and 1/1000 are held by automotive body and related repairers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, United States Air Force Academy comes out as the most expensive ($/yr) for automotive and mechanics students, with Arapahoe Community College as the lowest, reported at only $9,279/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Greenwood Village |
Highlands Ranch | CO | 129,817 | 0 | - | 0 | 4.8 miles |
Lone Tree | CO | - | 1 | 9.20591 | 39 | 6.3 miles |
Lakewood | CO | 142,294 | 13 | 20.2254 | 326 | 10.2 miles |
Denver | CO | 609,651 | 24 | 21.7296 | 554 | 11.4 miles |
Parker | CO | 47,600 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.6 miles |
Aurora | CO | 334,924 | 11 | 27.59 | 204 | 13.4 miles |
Castle Rock | CO | 49,815 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.3 miles |
Commerce City | CO | 46,807 | 0 | - | 0 | 18.0 miles |
Thornton | CO | 120,487 | 4 | 21.9949 | 44 | 18.9 miles |
Westminster | CO | 109,334 | 7 | 21.6728 | 184 | 18.9 miles |
Boulder | CO | 95,721 | 5 | 25.2105 | 131 | 32.7 miles |
Longmont | CO | 88,962 | 0 | - | 0 | 39.2 miles |
Colorado Springs | CO | 388,306 | 17 | 23.417 | 343 | 53.4 miles |
Loveland | CO | 68,614 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.9 miles |
Greeley | CO | 94,780 | 4 | 31.0251 | 125 | 56.6 miles |
Fort Collins | CO | 141,921 | 5 | 27.6422 | 154 | 65.5 miles |
Pueblo | CO | 107,496 | 2 | 15.7548 | 107 | 94.9 miles |