Program Payoff

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians programs in Alabama

11 schools in Alabama teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $40,461 at Lawson State Community College.

What this work pays in Alabama

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in Alabama earn a median of $45,640 a year across 9,040 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Alabama
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$74,650690
Mechanical Drafters$53,600440
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$45,250420
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$60,350400
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$62,130140

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Lawson State Community College Birmingham Associate's degree $40,461 (19 grads) 31
Bishop State Community College Mobile Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Coastal Alabama Community College Bay Minette Undergraduate certificate not published 7
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan Undergraduate certificate not published 2
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan Associate's degree not published 2
H Councill Trenholm State Community College Montgomery Undergraduate certificate not published 1
H Councill Trenholm State Community College Montgomery Associate's degree not published 4
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College Huntsville Undergraduate certificate not published 0
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College Huntsville Associate's degree not published 2
Lawson State Community College Birmingham Undergraduate certificate not published 29
University of West Alabama Livingston Associate's degree not published 2

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.