Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians programs in New Jersey
20 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 8 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $37,056 at Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield.
What this work pays in New Jersey
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in New Jersey earn a median of $56,610 a year across 17,640 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | $92,680 | 14,930 |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | $72,340 | 8,160 |
| Automotive Body and Related Repairers | $62,400 | 3,720 |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | $58,240 | 2,890 |
| Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | $105,370 | 1,900 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield Bloomfield | Undergraduate certificate | $14,735 | $37,056 (2,671 grads) | 489 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell | Associate's degree | — | $35,060 (12 grads) | 6 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah Mahwah | Undergraduate certificate | $12,532 | $32,845 (3,815 grads) | 131 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield South Plainfield | Undergraduate certificate | $12,532 | $32,845 (3,815 grads) | 60 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Union Union | Undergraduate certificate | $12,532 | $32,845 (3,815 grads) | 174 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin Iselin | Undergraduate certificate | — | $28,478 (66 grads) | — |
| Pennco Tech-Blackwood Blackwood | Undergraduate certificate | $13,043 | $27,254 (238 grads) | 133 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin Iselin | Associate's degree | — | $25,856 (47 grads) | — |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro Hasbrouck Heights | Undergraduate certificate | $12,003 | not published | 130 |
| Mobile Technical Training South Hackensack | Undergraduate certificate | $2,420 | not published | 45 |
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education Westampton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Camden County College Blackwood | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| New Community Career & Technical Institute Newark | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical School Toms River | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 17 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Warren County Community College Washington | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
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.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.