2021 Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools
Finding the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration School for You
In 2018-2019, 19,885 people earned a degree or certificate in heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration, making the major the #12 most popular in the United States.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
The Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 654 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration program at each school on the list.
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2021 Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for HVACR majors pursuing a .
Top 25 Most Popular Trade Schools in HVACR
Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the most popular school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Request InformationThe excellent programs at Houston School of Carpentry helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston School of Carpentry is a private for-profit school with a student population.
Request InformationYou’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Arizona College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Eastern Arizona College is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Thatcher.
Request InformationA rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern Technical College is a great place for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Located in the suburb of Orlando, Southern Technical College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Request InformationOut of the 654 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Visalia, San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Request InformationLone Star College System did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. It came in at #6 on the list. North Harris Montgomery is a fairly large public school located in the city of The Woodlands.
Request InformationWith a ranking of #7, HVAC Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Located in the city of Chicago, HVAC Technical Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
Request InformationVista College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Located in the city of El Paso, Vista College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
Request InformationWith a ranking of #9, Moraine Valley Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. MVCC is a large public school located in the suburb of Palos Hills.
Request InformationPorter and Chester Institute of Stratford landed the #10 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration programs. Located in the small city of Stratford, Porter and Chester Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Request InformationCollege of Lake County ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Located in the suburb of Grayslake, College of Lake County is a public school with a large student population.
Request InformationCharter College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. It came in at #12 on the list. Charter College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Vancouver.
Request InformationApex Technical School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. It came in at #13 on the list. Apex Technical School is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Long Island City.
Request InformationFlorida Career College - West Palm Beach landed the #14 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration programs. Florida Career College - West Palm Beach is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of West Palm Beach.
Request InformationMaysville Community and Technical College ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Maysville Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Maysville.
Request InformationAdvanced Training Institute ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Advanced Training Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.
Request InformationSan Jacinto Community College landed the #17 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration programs. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Request InformationChattahoochee Technical College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools ranking. Chattahoochee Technical College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Marietta.
Request InformationWake Technical Community College landed the #19 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration programs. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.
Request InformationFlorida Career College - Orlando ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Florida Career College - Orlando is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Orlando.
Request InformationPennco Tech-Blackwood ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Pennco Tech-Blackwood is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Blackwood.
Request InformationHennepin Technical College ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.
Request InformationInstitute of Technology came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Clovis, Fresno Institute of Technology is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
Request InformationMIAT College of Technology came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Canton, MIAT College of Technology is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Request InformationFlorida Career College - Tampa came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Tampa, Florida Career College - Tampa is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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Additional Award Winners
This list represents the remainder of the schools awarded a Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 654 different United States heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration students that almost earned our Most Popular Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Trade Schools award.
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration by Region
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Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Related Majors
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is one of 6 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
HVACR Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician | 19,885 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 65,998 |
Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 9,325 |
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 8,889 |
Precision Systems Maintenance | 1,816 |
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) | 1,017 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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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