About Aviation Maintenance Programs

What This Site Does

Choosing an aviation maintenance school is a big decision with little comparable information. We start from the FAA's own list of 225 approved (Part 147) schools and add tuition and graduation data from IPEDS, pay data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and program details from each school's own website.

Every state, city, and school page is built from that data, so the facts on one page can be checked against the others. Guides on the FAA mechanic certificate draw on 14 CFR Part 65, Part 147, and FAA.gov, and each claim links back to its source.

Editor

Taylor Rupe, Founder & Editor

B.A. Psychology (UW–Seattle), B.S. Computer Science (Oregon State)

Taylor Rupe is the Founder & Editor of Aviation Maintenance Programs and a software engineer. Taylor reviews FAA Part 147 school records, 14 CFR Part 65 certification rules, IPEDS program data, and Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data to build comparable aviation maintenance school directories and make the limits of official data clear.

As a software engineer, Taylor builds the data pipeline behind the directory and reviews the pages it produces. Questions about a page go to hello@savomediagroup.com.

Our Editorial Standards

• Primary sources only. School records come from the FAA, college data from IPEDS, pay from BLS, and rules from eCFR and FAA.gov.
• No invented figures. We do not estimate, round up, or fill gaps. If a source does not publish a figure, the page leaves it out.
• Quoted and dated. Our fact file holds 112 regulatory and workforce statements, each stored with the quoted source text and the date it was retrieved.
• No promises. Pay figures describe the occupation, not what any school's graduates will earn. Finishing a program does not guarantee a job or an FAA certificate.
• Dated pages. Every page shows when it was last updated and lists its sources.

The methodology page explains each data source, how distances are measured, and how our school rankings are scored.

Corrections

If something on a page is wrong, such as a closed campus, a changed program, or an outdated rule, email the editor at the address above with the page address and a source. We check every report against the source and correct verified errors.

How the Site Is Funded

This site may receive compensation when readers request information from or enroll with a featured school. Sponsored placements are labeled and do not receive a higher ranking. FAA certification, IPEDS program, and BLS wage data are reported the same way regardless of partnership status.

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