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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges

$3,730 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maine. With 103 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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. 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.

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

Northern Maine Community College

Presque Isle, ME

#7 in Quality in Maine

$3,730 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their basic certificate. Northern Maine Community College is a fairly small public school located in the town of Presque Isle.

Northern Maine Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,730 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northeast Technical Institute

Scarborough, ME

87 Basic Certificates

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northeast Technical Institute is a great value for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their basic certificate. Northeast Technical Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Scarborough.

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

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	239
Connecticut	197
Rhode Island	74
New Hampshire	37

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 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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