UTI, Wyotech and the like are nothing but tuition factories that promise big dollars upon graduation. They lie to get you hooked. I worked in the auto dealer service enviroment as a service director for over a decade and I can tell you now, find a good community college to go to that offers automotive technology, dont take all of the non automotive classes, get on as an apprentice like mentioned before. Make sure that you get on at a dealer who stresses training and will send you for manufacturer training as part of your employment. I used to send all my techs to anything and everything and when I decided to change careers I had 26 techs, all were master certified with 5 different makes and ASE. I was paying some of the foremen 28 bucks a flat rate hour and my low guy on the pole was making 21 bones per. Dont waste your money on those fancy tech schools, all you will do is pay for thier commercials
I too was a master tech and I can tell you from experience that bloody knuckles can teach you things that books and 21 year old UTI, or Wyotech "instructors" cannot. Dealer sponsored manufacturer training is priceless and free if you get with the right dealer!