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2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
170 Degrees Awarded
Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,236 people earned their degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician, making the major the 520th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,203 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 170 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 23 associates’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College is $7,048 for Southwest Region Associate Degree HVAC students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 14 associates’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k list, Austin Community College District has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,877 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#3

Grayson College

Denison, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grayson College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Denison, Texas, and it awarded 7 associates’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

Grayson College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grayson College is $11,510 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 43 degrees to qualified associates’s HVAC students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k list, TSTC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TSTC is $12,576 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the #5 spot on the list. St Philip’s College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College also made our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend St Philip’s College is $8,285 for Southwest Region Associate Degree HVAC students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Lamar Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s HVAC students in 2019-2020.

Lamar Institute of Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar Institute of Technology is $9,495 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7

Western Technical College

El Paso, Texas
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Western Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Western Technical College is a small school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 66 associates’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Technical College also made our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $27,672 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Western Technical College.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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