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2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$5,932 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,891 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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 the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Wharton County Junior College to be the best value school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Wharton, Wharton County Junior College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wharton County Junior College are $5,052 per year.

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#2

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

The excellent basic certificate programs at Lone Star College System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in the Southwest Region . North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $6,456 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, North Harris Montgomery also did well on our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

South Plains College

Levelland, TX

The excellent basic certificate programs at South Plains College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Plains College are $4,857 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.

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#5

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 per year.

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Southwest Texas Junior College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the remote town of Uvalde, Southwest Texas Junior College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Southwest Texas Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,886 in tuition and fees each year.

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Houston Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

Houston Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,460 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, Central New Mexico Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,978 per year.

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GateWay Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. GateWay Community College is a small public school located in the city of Phoenix.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GateWay Community College are $7,854 a year.

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#10

Metro Technology Centers

Oklahoma City, OK

Metro Technology Centers ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, Metro Technology Centers is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges by State

Explore the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 432
Texas 1,717
Oklahoma 460
New Mexico 65

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 12 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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