The education requirements for this occupation is not as strict as other occupations, it can be from 2 years in a Junior College or Technical School, or some employers require you to have a Bachelor's Degree from a 4 year college, some employers don't require you to have any degree just experience. Most employers require you to have job training before you can advance in the company, or they require you to advance your degree to advance in the company. Most company who requires you to advance your education will pay for it while you work on the job, but the smaller business just requires you to have some experience with the equipment your are servicing or repairing. .
Your associates degree will get you an average salary but if you exceed a associates and earn your bachelors which will pull you ahead from the average salary you would have with an associates. Then your Masters Degree which can put you in a higher salary bracket then with an associates degree. .
Future Outlook.
The outlook for computer service and repair has a bright outlook. The other optional career is office machine repair, which it's outlook is fallen as computer service and repair is rising because everyone is buying computers for personal entertainment, educational, or business use. Computers like anything else eventually need servicing or repairing. Even if it's for a precaution for a virus or in that same way or another you will always need a computer repairer if you have a computer.
The occupation is growing to be one of the most popular jobs in the computer field. The main jobs that are open and offered by large corporations such as IBM and Apple who send there repairers to offices around there area who request there services. There are some things that may cause a problem with obtaining a job in the future because there are so many people joining or attempting to get a job as servicemen. That will cause a surplus of people who have degrees and not enough employers with openings.