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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$5,447 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 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Kentucky 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.

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 Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years 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 undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College also made our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #2.

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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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

SCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,560 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Bluegrass Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bluegrass Community and Technical College are $4,640 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, hvacr graduates from Bluegrass Community and Technical College carry an average student debtload of $6,330.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College also made our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate 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 Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, SKYCTC is a public school with a small student population.

SKYCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,560 in in-state tuition and fees each year. HVACR majors at SKYCTC take out an average of $15,354 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Jefferson Community and Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky 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. On average, hvacr graduates from Jefferson Community and Technical College take out $13,384 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Interactive College of Technology - Newport ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Interactive College of Technology - Newport is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Newport.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Interactive College of Technology - Newport are $10,610 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, hvacr majors at Interactive College of Technology - Newport accumulate an average of around $11,031 in student debt.

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Hazard Community and Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Hazard Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Hazard.

Hazard Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,560 in in-state tuition and fees each 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
South Carolina 307
Georgia 1,298
Arkansas 274
North Carolina 1,102
Florida 1,775
Louisiana 417
West Virginia 46
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 7 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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