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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$4,587 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 Kentucky. With 753 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 10th 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky 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.

2023 Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for hvacr majors pursuing a basic certificate.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Elizabethtown Community and Technical College the best value school in Kentucky for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College are $4,560 per year.

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College also made our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Somerset Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SCC are $4,560 a year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Bluegrass Community and Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lexington, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bluegrass Community and Technical College are $4,640 per year.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in Kentucky. Located in the city of Bowling Green, SKYCTC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SKYCTC are $4,560 a year.

Full Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Report

Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Jefferson Community and Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Jefferson Community and Technical College is a large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Jefferson Community and Technical College are $4,640 per year.

Jefferson Community and Technical College also made our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #4.

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Hazard Community and Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration programs. Hazard Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Hazard.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hazard Community and Technical College are $4,560 a year.

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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
Virginia 571
Alabama 271
Tennessee 431
Mississippi 294

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 6 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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