Fenton, MO has twenty automotive and mechanics schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Hannibal Career and Technical Center, the highest ranked school in this group with an automotive and mechanics program, has a total student population of 37. It is the 572nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 8th highest in the state of Missouri (#1 is Webster University).
Automotive and Mechanics students from Fenton 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 St. Louis-IL area alone, there are 1,880 employed automotive body and related repairers earning an average salary of $42,770. Automotive service technicians and mechanics in this area earn $37,390/yr and there are 6,950 employed.
Fenton lies in St. Louis county, which is one of the 39 counties in Missouri. Overall, the St. Louis-IL area has 1,301,320 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $20.63/hr average worker wage, and a $42,900 average annual salary. Thus, about 5.338 out of every 1000 jobs in Fenton are held by automotive service technicians and mechanics, and 1.444/1000 are held by automotive body and related repairers.
Of the 20 automotive and mechanics schools with a 100-mile radius of Fenton, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Pike-Lincoln Technical Center comes out as the most expensive ($28,061/yr) for automotive and mechanics students, with John A Logan College as the lowest, reported at only $2,714/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Fenton |
Kirkwood | MO | - | 2 | 24.7185 | 61 | 5.1 miles |
Chesterfield | MO | 45,849 | 1 | 1.31326 | 0 | 12.3 miles |
Wildwood | MO | - | 1 | 4.74776 | 2 | 13.2 miles |
Saint Louis | MO | 349,763 | 28 | 21.7118 | 925 | 13.8 miles |
Maryland Heights | MO | - | 1 | 21.4481 | 9 | 13.8 miles |
Hazelwood | MO | - | 1 | 20.3659 | 12 | 18.2 miles |
Saint Charles | MO | 65,986 | 1 | 57.1604 | 124 | 19.7 miles |
Cottleville | MO | - | 1 | 10.8568 | 31 | 20.3 miles |
Saint Peters | MO | 56,697 | 1 | 24.7073 | 15 | 20.7 miles |
Belleville | IL | 41,090 | 4 | 26.9391 | 109 | 23.6 miles |
Collinsville | IL | - | 1 | 18.1205 | 6 | 26.7 miles |
Edwardsville | IL | - | 2 | 28.8318 | 95 | 33.3 miles |
Godfrey | IL | - | 2 | 21.6011 | 72 | 33.4 miles |
Carlinville | IL | - | 1 | 19.8699 | 53 | 60.8 miles |
Rolla | MO | - | 3 | 28.6442 | 83 | 82.3 miles |
Carterville | IL | - | 1 | 13.1135 | 74 | 90.4 miles |
Jefferson City | MO | 41,319 | 4 | 29.412 | 201 | 95.0 miles |
Cape Girardeau | MO | - | 6 | 26.7452 | 153 | 97.4 miles |