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Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in Oregon

2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$4,810 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, 29 degrees and certificates were awarded to heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students who went to a Oregon college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.


 

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Basic Certificate School

Our analysis found Portland Community College to be the best value school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Oregon. Located in the city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Portland Community College are $4,810 a year.

Portland Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Oregon list.

Full Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration at Portland Community College Report

Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 373
California 2,082
Nevada 203
Alaska 6
Hawaii 22

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 values are for the top school 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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