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Diesel mechanic training in Colorado

10 diesel mechanic programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

4 schools offer these diesel mechanic programs, and Colorado has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Diesel mechanics inspect and repair buses and trucks and maintain diesel engines of every kind. Community colleges and technical schools offer certificates and degrees in diesel repair, employers may require or prefer certification, and some jobs need a commercial driver's license to test-drive trucks and buses.1 In Colorado, 7 of the 10 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 5 are taught partly or fully online.

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How much does diesel mechanic training cost in Colorado?

$5,294 to $25,850 is what most diesel mechanic programs in Colorado cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 10 programs with a price. All of them: $3,274 to $29,000

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Length
Not reported

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Colorado may also offer diesel mechanic training. How these figures are made

Is there free diesel mechanic training in Colorado?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

Diesel mechanic training in Sterling, Laramie, Denver and other Colorado cities

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All 10 diesel mechanic programs in Colorado approved for WIOA funding

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10 programs

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Power Mechanics

    Community College of Aurora

    Aurora

    No diploma needed

    Community College of Aurora, Aurora · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$15,748
    Program website, Diesel Power Mechanics at Community College of Aurora
    More details about Diesel Power Mechanics at Community College of Aurora
    Finished
    71%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,039
    Students counted
    79
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $15,748

  • Short course or single classHybridNo diploma needed

    Diesel Technology 3

    Northeastern Junior College

    Sterling

    No diploma needed

    Northeastern Junior College, Sterling · Short course or single class · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$38,600
    Price if you pay yourself$16,401
    More details about Diesel Technology 3 at Northeastern Junior College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    75%
    Earned in a quarter
    $9,655
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $3,600
    Students counted
    72
    a year, estimated
    $38,600
    price
    $16,401

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Equipment Technology

    Pickens Technical College

    Aurora

    No diploma needed

    Pickens Technical College, Aurora · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$5,078
    More details about Diesel Equipment Technology at Pickens Technical College
    Finished
    97%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    46
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $5,078

  • Short course or single classHybridNo diploma needed

    Diesel Technology 2

    Northeastern Junior College

    Sterling

    No diploma needed

    Northeastern Junior College, Sterling · Short course or single class · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$53,500
    Price if you pay yourself$5,942
    More details about Diesel Technology 2 at Northeastern Junior College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    33%
    Earned in a quarter
    $13,376
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,800
    Students counted
    10
    a year, estimated
    $53,500
    price
    $5,942

  • Short course or single classHybridNo diploma needed

    Diesel Technology 5

    Northeastern Junior College

    Sterling

    No diploma needed

    Northeastern Junior College, Sterling · Short course or single class · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$53,500
    Price if you pay yourself$5,942
    More details about Diesel Technology 5 at Northeastern Junior College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    33%
    Earned in a quarter
    $13,376
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,800
    Students counted
    10
    a year, estimated
    $53,500
    price
    $5,942

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Advanced Diesel Technology

    WyoTech

    Laramie, WY

    High school diploma or equivalent

    WyoTech, Laramie, WY · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Classes are outside Colorado; Colorado approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$29,000
    More details about Advanced Diesel Technology at WyoTech
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    112
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $29,000

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Diesel Technology with High Performance Power Trains

    WyoTech

    Laramie, WY

    High school diploma or equivalent

    WyoTech, Laramie, WY · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Classes are outside Colorado; Colorado approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$29,000
    More details about Diesel Technology with High Performance Power Trains at WyoTech
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    27
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $29,000

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Diesel Technology and Management

    WyoTech

    Laramie, WY

    High school diploma or equivalent

    WyoTech, Laramie, WY · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Classes are outside Colorado; Colorado approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$29,000
    More details about Diesel Technology and Management at WyoTech
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    14
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $29,000

  • Short course or single classHybridNo diploma needed

    Diesel Technology 1

    Northeastern Junior College

    Sterling

    No diploma needed

    Northeastern Junior College, Sterling · Short course or single class · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,274
    More details about Diesel Technology 1 at Northeastern Junior College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,274

  • Short course or single classHybridNo diploma needed

    Diesel Technology 4

    Northeastern Junior College

    Sterling

    No diploma needed

    Northeastern Junior College, Sterling · Short course or single class · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,689
    More details about Diesel Technology 4 at Northeastern Junior College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $900
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,689

How to pay for diesel mechanic training in Colorado

WIOA funding can pay for diesel mechanic training in Colorado

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5

Financial aid and grants for diesel mechanic training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for diesel mechanic training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Quick facts: Diesel mechanic training in Colorado

lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
21st of 26
diesel mechanic programs here, against the typical state's 8
10 vs 8

State comparisons use the same figures as the diesel mechanic training by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Where the Colorado diesel mechanic program numbers come from

Which Colorado diesel mechanic programs are on this list?

These are the diesel mechanic programs Colorado approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Colorado offers.

How Colorado diesel mechanic program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some diesel mechanic programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

How reliable are the Colorado figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Colorado among the states with "known data quality concerns".10 The figures here are shown as the state reported them; check them with the school before you enroll.

Other training in Colorado

Sources for the facts about diesel mechanic training in Colorado

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Diesel Service Technicians and Mechanics
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220 and 680.310: career services before training, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List
  10. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns