Automotive Schools in Virginia
Virginia contains
thirteen
schools that offer automotive programs.
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center,
the highest-ranking automotive school in VA, has a total student population of 218 and
is the
964th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 13 automotive schools
in Virginia,
only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center comes out as the most expensive ($25,272/yr),
with New River Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,925/yr.
Automotive students from Virginia schools who go on to become
automotive technicians,
automotive engineers,
mechanics,
automotive specialists, 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, Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles make on average $29,880 per year and there are about 17,090 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are
540 employed electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles earning an average yearly salary of
$26,540. Automotive service technicians and mechanics in this state earn
$40,720/yr and there are 18,440 employed.
Also, within the automotive schools
in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is
16 to 1. Aside from automotive,
there are 3782 total
degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around
$4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type
of school.
Automotive Programs in Virginia
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Tidewater Tech-Trades
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Advanced Technology Institute
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Northern Virginia Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Danville Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Southside Virginia Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Eastern Shore Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Tidewater Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Patrick Henry Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Blue Ridge Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
New River Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Thomas Nelson Community College
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Virginia Interesting Facts
- Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
- The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
- Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
- Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
- Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".
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