Diesel Tech programs in New Jersey

0 registered apprenticeships and 17 trade schools. Apprenticeships are listed first because they pay you while you train. That order never changes, and nobody can buy a place in it.

What the job pays in New Jersey

$72,340median, per year

This is what bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists earn across New Jersey, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $61,770.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 49-3031 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

Trade schools · 17

You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.

Brookdale Community College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Lincroft, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$11,231

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

30%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Camden County College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Blackwood, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$5,996

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,851

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

31%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Iselin, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$37,819

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,521

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

54%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

South Plainfield, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$31,575

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,730

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

77%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Sewell, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$12,378

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

39%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Lincoln Technical Institute-Union

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Union, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$27,311

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,730

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

75%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Passaic County Community College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Paterson, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$7,761

After grant aid

Median debt

$7,536

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

19%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Pennco Tech-Blackwood

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Blackwood, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$22,671

After grant aid

Median debt

$8,331

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

72%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Raritan Valley Community College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Branchburg, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$6,778

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,500

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

31%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$24,800

After grant aid

Median debt

$14,279

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

70%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Cranford, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$8,257

After grant aid

Median debt

$15,091

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

35%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Warren County Community College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Washington, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$5,726

After grant aid

Median debt

$9,300

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

39%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Mahwah, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$28,968

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,730

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

79%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Ocean County Vocational-Technical School

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Toms River, NJ · Public

Net price / yr

$10,828

After grant aid

Median debt

$5,500

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

65%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

New Community Career & Technical Institute

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Newark, NJ · Private nonprofit

Net price / yr

$9,075

After grant aid

Median debt

$2,808

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

54%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Mobile Technical Training

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

South Hackensack, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$13,643

After grant aid

Completion

88%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Bloomfield, NJ · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$28,042

After grant aid

Median debt

$14,267

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

67%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.

Applying for a diesel tech apprenticeship

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