Diesel Mechanic Programs in the Philadelphia area

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

Programs

in the metro area

Median pay here

$64,550

bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$47,400

of 3 with a cost, IPEDS

Diesel Mechanic Programs in the Philadelphia area at a glance

Open to the public: 5 programs: 5 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Philadelphia: none within 10 miles; nearest 15.2 miles, farthest 23.0 miles
Listed program cost: 3 of 5 list one: $47,400 to $47,450, middle $47,400 (IPEDS)
Program length: 3 colleges list a length: 14 months to 20 months (IPEDS)
Completions, 2023-24: 223 diesel awards at the 4 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
Pay here: $64,550 median for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ($31.04 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $47,380 to $87,700; 4,490 employed in the metro area; Pennsylvania median $61,740 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Automotive Training Center-Warminster	Warminster, PA	Certificate	$47,400	20 months	28	15.2
Pennco Tech-Blackwood	Blackwood, NJ	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	46	18.6
Automotive Training Center-Exton	Exton, PA	Certificate	$47,400	20 months	34	20.5
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc	Exton, PA	Certificate	$47,450	14 months	115	22.8
Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education	Westampton, NJ	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	23.0

WIOA in Pennsylvania: 1,470 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 8 of them Diesel.
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