Career Training Path › Aviation maintenance (A&P) schools › Texas
Aviation maintenance (A&P) schools in Texas
Texas has 10 accredited campuses awarding aviation maint. credentials. If you finish and work as an aircraft mechanic in Texas, expect to start around $48,600–$69,130 and reach a median of $84,440 with experience; the top quarter earn $99,490 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Texas). Graduates of these Texas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $39,080 in their first year, against $41,628 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What aircraft mechanics and service technicians earn in Texas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 16,850 employed in Texas. National median: $79,870.
Campuses in Texas, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AmarilloCorpus ChristiFort WorthHoustonIrvingSan AntonioUvaldeWaco
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Public | 134 | $48,350 | $11,246 | 34% | not reported |
| Hallmark University | San Antonio | non-profit | 103 | $43,561 | $22,062 | not reported | $18,419 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Dallas | Irving | for-profit | 170 | $41,618 | $32,500 | 53% | not reported |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | Public | 133 | $39,178 | $7,333 | 46% | not reported |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Houston | Houston | for-profit | 102 | $38,983 | $31,000 | 73% | not reported |
| Amarillo College | Amarillo | Public | 40 | $36,352 | $9,500 | 32% | not reported |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Public | 140 | $30,920 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Southwest Texas Junior College | Uvalde | Public | 29 | $29,245 | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | Public | 47 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Houston | Houston | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.