Best Auto Mechanic Schools In Portland Ranked For 2026

PCC organizes Automotive Service Technology into three-week course modules, allowing students to schedule classes around a job or complete training in consistent segments.

The page lists a two-year limited-entry Automotive Service Technology associate degree, a two-year Honda PACT associate degree, and an Automotive Service Technology certificate.

PCC Automotive Service students have an opportunity to work on public vehicles needing repair, giving the course work a live service setting beyond classroom exercises.

PCC offers upgrade training for technicians already working in the field and allows students to earn credit for passing ASE tests.

Clark’s automotive cohorts begin each August and accept 40 students annually through competitive admission. Training combines mechanical skills with automotive computer, electrical, and electronic systems.

Dealer Ready students are paired with local dealerships and participate in paid internships, connecting their college training with work in a dealership service operation.

Students train in a 14,000-square-foot facility with simulators and late-model vehicles donated by local industry. These vehicles support instruction in current automotive technology.

Clark identifies three Dealer Ready options: Toyota Technician and Education Network, the Dick Hannah Initiative for Technician Education, and an Audi Education Partnership. The college also says its automotive program is accredited by the ASE Education Foundation.

The current Ford ASSET catalog plan totals 107–108 credits over eight quarters and includes fall, winter, spring, and summer terms. Cohorts begin in fall during odd years and summer during even years, according to the published plan.

AMF281, AMF282, AMF283, and AMF284 Automotive Dealership Experience courses each carry six credits. The Ford ASSET course catalog specifies at least 200 hours per term at a pre-assigned Ford or Lincoln dealership, coordinated with college study.

The plan pairs separate theory and lab courses in Ford diesel, advanced Ford diesel, electric and hybrid vehicles, and advanced automotive electronics with the core gasoline-engine and chassis subjects.

Ford ASSET is a limited-entry program with approximately 24 seats per cohort. Applicants need qualifying placement scores or coursework, Ford or Lincoln dealership sponsorship, a valid driver’s license, and a safe driving record. They must be at least 18 when the program starts.

The six-term AAS has competitive admission, prerequisites, limited enrollment, and fall cohorts. The entry-level technician certificate requires neither program prerequisites nor a special application and is designed for students with daytime commitments.

Chemeketa estimates about $19,700 for the AAS and $5,000 for the entry-level technician certificate, including tuition, fees, and required tools or equipment.

The automotive degree combines classroom and laboratory instruction with on-the-job experience. Cooperative work experience allows students to earn college credit while earning money in the field.

Students must have required tools and an internet-capable laptop or tablet when classes begin. The list includes a digital multimeter, metric sockets and wrenches, safety glasses, and bookstore work shirts.

Chemeketa reports that its instruction, facilities, equipment, and curriculum meet ASE Education Foundation standards in all eight automotive specialty areas at the Master Certification level.

Clackamas lists Automotive Service Technology as a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree with 91 total credits and typical yearly entry in the fall term.

The final spring includes four-credit Service Shop Management and two-credit Introduction to Welding, adding shop operations and fabrication fundamentals to the repair curriculum.

The second-year plan includes a three-credit Automotive Internship and a six-credit Auto Mechanics Cooperative Work Experience course, connecting the academic sequence to automotive repair businesses.

The final spring requires five-credit Alternative Fuels Transportation Technology and five-credit Safety Systems, extending the earlier electrical and engine-performance coursework.

The 2026–27 program map organizes the certificate over four quarters. It begins with college success, first aid, industrial safety, industrial mathematics, and human relations before moving into the automotive system courses.

Second quarter includes AMTC 104 Automotive Electrical Systems for 15 credits and ENGL 110 Industrial Communication for five credits. The map identifies AMTC 104 as the first major automotive systems block in the sequence.

Third quarter pairs AMTC 114 Automotive Chassis, listed at 15 credits, with AMTC 100 Essentials of Mechanics at five credits. Fourth quarter then lists AMTC 124 Automotive Engines for 15 credits.

Industrial Mathematics requires MATH 079 or TECH 079 with a C or better, or instructor permission. The first quarter also includes five-credit Management of Human Relations and three-credit Industrial Safety.