Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies at Clover Park Technical College

The four-year earnings jump tells the real story here: from an estimated $42,900 starting point to nearly $60,000 by year four. That's a 40% increase in just three years, which is exceptional for any two-year technical program and suggests strong demand for skilled automotive technicians in the region. While both the debt and initial earnings figures come from comparable programs nationwide—the school doesn't have enough recent graduates to report its own numbers—the actual four-year outcome of $59,928 is reported data and points to solid mid-career earning potential.

The estimated debt load of around $11,400 looks manageable given that trajectory. With a debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.27, graduates would theoretically pay roughly 27 cents per dollar earned in their first year, well below the concerning 1.0 threshold. Washington's automotive repair market varies—similar programs across the state produce first-year outcomes ranging from $38,000 to $45,000—but Clover Park's tracked graduates are outearning most of those programs by year four.

The caveat is that without program-specific data on initial outcomes, you're betting on whether this school can match what peer programs typically deliver. The strong year-four number suggests they're doing something right, but that first year remains an educated guess. For a student committed to automotive repair as a career, the mid-term earning potential makes this worth serious consideration, especially given the relatively modest debt burden.