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2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,349 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,647 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree 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.

The Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for hvacr students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling

Our analysis found Northern Virginia Community College to be the best value school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students who want to pursue a associate degree in Virginia. Located in the suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

Northern Virginia Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,565 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northern Virginia Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Trade Schools in Virginia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tidewater Community College are $5,561 a year.

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#3

Advanced Technology Institute

Virginia Beach, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Advanced Technology Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, ATI is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ATI are $13,920 a year. The average amount in student loans that hvacr majors at ATI take out while working on their Associate Degree is $19,753.

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

Explore all the Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools 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 3 schools only.

  • 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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