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Most Popular Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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$39,647 Avg Salary
$15,651 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the Southwest Region to see which associate degree 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for hvacr majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology the most popular school in the Southwest Region for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their associate degree. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the distant town of Okmulgee.

Women make up 4% of the hvacr majors at the school.

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#2

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Out of the 35 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lone Star College System landed the # 2 spot on the list. North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the city of The Woodlands.

Women make up 3% of the hvacr majors at the school.

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#3

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at El Paso Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

South Texas College

McAllen, TX

Out of the 35 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Texas College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of McAllen, South Texas College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 11% of the students majoring in hvacr at the school are women while 89% are male.

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San Jacinto Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 7% of the hvacr majors at the school.

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#7

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

Tyler Junior College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a large student population.

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Central New Mexico Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.

About 10% of the students majoring in hvacr at the school are women while 90% are male.

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#8

Galveston College

Galveston, TX

With a ranking of #8, Galveston College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their associate degree. Galveston College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Galveston.

Of the 2 students majoring in hvacr at Galveston College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration programs. NMSU Dona Ana is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Las Cruces.

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

Explore the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration colleges 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 29 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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