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Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges

$7,992 Avg Tuition & Fees*

$39,647 Avg Salary

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

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the #17 most popular major in South Dakota with 30 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

The Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for hvacr students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

14 Associate Degrees

#2 in Quality in South Dakota

$7,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southeast Technical College to be the best value school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 per year.

Southeast Tech also made our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

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Western Dakota Technical Institute

Rapid City, SD

12 Associate Degrees

#6 in Quality in South Dakota

$8,333 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent associate degree programs at Western Dakota Technical Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in South Dakota. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Dakota Tech are $8,333 a year.

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

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	179
Missouri	245
Minnesota	343
Iowa	145
North Dakota	13
Nebraska	75

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

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 2 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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