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2023 Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

28 Colleges
$31,946 Avg Salary
$11,511 Avg Student Debt

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

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,891 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the hvacr programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools

#1

Lamson Institute

San Antonio, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lamson Institute the best school in the Southwest Region for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. Lamson Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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The excellent programs at Arizona Automotive Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in the Southwest Region . Arizona Automotive Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Glendale.

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The excellent programs at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in the Southwest Region . OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the town of Okmulgee.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Tulsa Technology Center is a great place for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. Tulsa Tech is a small public school located in the large city of Tulsa.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Gordon Cooper Technology Center. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Shawnee, Gordon Cooper Technology Center is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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Remington College - Fort Worth Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration programs. Remington College - Fort Worth Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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With a ranking of #7, Remington College - Dallas Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. Located in the large city of Dallas, Remington College - Dallas Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#8

Metro Technology Centers

Oklahoma City, OK

With a ranking of #8, Metro Technology Centers did quite well on this year’s best schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, Metro Technology Centers is a public school with a small student population.

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#9

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Lone Star College System came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. North Harris Montgomery is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of The Woodlands.

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With a ranking of #10, Fortis Institute - Houston did quite well on this year’s best schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students. Fortis Institute - Houston is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges by State

Explore the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 432
Texas 1,717
Oklahoma 460
New Mexico 65

One of 7 majors within the trade school area of study, heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration has other similar majors worth exploring.

HVACR Focus Areas

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

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 25 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).

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