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College of Marin

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Kentfield, California · Public · SOC 49-3031

Net price, per year
$12,351

Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.

Published tuition
$1,558 in-state · $9,334 out

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Median debt at completion
$10,062

Federal loans, institution-wide, among students who completed.

Completion rate
39%

Finished within 150% of normal time. Institution-wide, all programmes.

Earnings, 10 years after starting
$42,654

Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this programme.

Credential
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Four years from now

This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $12,351 in net price, and students who complete leave with a median of $10,062 in federal loans.

We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The California median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

What diesel techs earn in California

$73,950median, per year

Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $61,770.

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

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