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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges

$7,140 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration was ranked 8th in Illinois. In fact, 1,092 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate 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. 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.

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling

Elgin Community College

Elgin, IL

44 Basic Certificates

#23 in Quality in Illinois

$7,140 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Elgin Community College to be the best value school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Illinois. ECC is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Elgin.

ECC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,140 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

HVAC Technical Institute

Chicago, IL

106 Basic Certificates

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend HVAC Technical Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, HVAC Technical Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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

Explore all the Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	290
Indiana	363
Wisconsin	209
Ohio	598

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

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 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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