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2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$5,474 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,988 Avg Salary

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

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the #15 most popular major in Washington with 373 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for hvacr students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling

Our 2023 rankings named Clover Park Technical College the best value school in Washington for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Lakewood, CPTC is a public school with a small student population.

CPTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,979 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Walla Walla Community College

Walla Walla, WA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Walla Walla Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in Washington. Located in the small city of Walla Walla, Walla Walla Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Walla Walla Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,965 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Charter College

Vancouver, WA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Charter College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in Washington. Charter College is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Vancouver.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Charter College are $16,784 per year. On average, hvacr graduates from Charter College take out $13,555 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Charter College also made our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Washington list, coming in at #1.

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#4

Wenatchee Valley College

Wenatchee, WA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Wenatchee Valley College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in Washington. Located in the city of Wenatchee, WVC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVC are $4,968 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Perry Technical Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Perry Tech is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Yakima.

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Out of the 6 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest HVAC/R Training Center landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northwest HVAC/R Training Center is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Spokane.

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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
California 2,082
Oregon 29
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

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 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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