Lincroft, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Median debt
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
17 listings on file
Diesel Tech programs in New Jersey
17 trade schools, and no registered apprenticeships. We hold no apprenticeship records for this trade in New Jersey yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The schools are below.
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
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Price on file
Trade schools · 17
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Blackwood, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$5,996
After grant aid
Median debt
$11,851
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
31%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Sewell, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$12,378
After grant aid
Median debt
$12,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
39%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
Paterson, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$7,761
After grant aid
Median debt
$7,536
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
19%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Blackwood, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$22,671
After grant aid
Median debt
$8,331
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
72%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Branchburg, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$6,778
After grant aid
Median debt
$10,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
31%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Cranford, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$8,257
After grant aid
Median debt
$15,091
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
35%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Washington, NJ · Public
Net price / yr
$5,726
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,300
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
39%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
South Hackensack, NJ · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$13,643
After grant aid
Completion
88%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
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
Enrolls year-round
Requirements, the test, timing
How to actually get in
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into a diesel tech apprenticeship17 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.