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2023 Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in Virginia

7 Colleges
$32,382 Avg Salary
$12,965 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration School for You

In 2021-2022, heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students earned 571 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges.

Top Virginia Trade Schools in Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling

#1

Tidewater Tech-Trades

Norfolk, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Tidewater Tech-Trades the best school in Virginia for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. Located in the city of Norfolk, Tidewater Tech-Trades is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

CET, Alexandria

Alexandria, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend CET, Alexandria. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in Virginia list. CET, Alexandria is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Alexandria.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Virginia Community College is a great place for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. Located in the large suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Advanced Technology Institute

Virginia Beach, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Advanced Technology Institute. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, ATI is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent programs at Virginia Western Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in Virginia. Located in the medium-sized city of Roanoke, Virginia Western Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Tidewater Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, New River Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. NRCC is a small public school located in the fringe town of Dublin.

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Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,298
South Carolina 307
Arkansas 274
North Carolina 1,102
Florida 1,775
West Virginia 46
Louisiana 417
Alabama 271
Kentucky 753
Tennessee 431
Mississippi 294

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is one of 7 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

HVACR Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician 21,891

Majors Similar to HVACR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 63,451
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 8,446
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 8,127
Precision Systems Maintenance 2,185
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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