by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 7,993 people earned their degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning & refrigeration engineering technology, making the major the 544th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 594 heating, ventilation, air conditioning & refrigeration engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major” ranking, we looked at 75 colleges that offer a degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning & refrigeration engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in heating, ventilation, air conditioning & refrigeration engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree hvac students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major. Western Technical College is a small private for-profit school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 66 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Business and Technology-Hialeah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major list. This small school is located in Hialeah, Florida, and it awarded 4 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 75 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan landed the #3 spot on the list. Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 associates’s hvac degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 75 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major that were part of this year’s ranking, ITI Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this small private for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified associates’s hvac students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 75 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Business and Technology-Flagler landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 7 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Ranken Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking, coming in at #6. Ranken Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 35 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Belmont College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking, coming in at #7. Belmont College is a public institution located in St Clairsville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Gadsden State Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. GSCC is a public institution located in Gadsden, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Shelton State Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. Shelton State Community College is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #10, Texas State Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hvac degrees to 32 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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New England Institute of Technology ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major list. East Greenwich, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s hvac degrees to 23 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
North Dakota State College of Science came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. North Dakota State College of Science is located in Wahpeton, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 associates’s hvac degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
H Councill Trenholm State Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 10 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
Mott Community College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hvac degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
San Diego City College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. San Diego City College is a fairly large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 7 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
Wallace Community College, Dothan came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. Dothan, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s hvac degrees to 11 students in 2021-2022.
Ferris State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking, coming in at #17. Ferris is a fairly large school located in Big Rapids, Michigan that handed out 25 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Guayama came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. Tecnologico is a small public school situated in Guayama, Puerto Rico. It awarded 3 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #19, Terra State Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major list. Terra State Community College is a small public school situated in Fremont, Ohio. It awarded 3 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Bevill State Community College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major list. Located in Jasper, Alabama, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s hvac students in 2021-2022.
Los Angeles Trade Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking, coming in at #21. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 19 associates’s hvac degrees to qualified students.
St Philip’s College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking, coming in at #22. St Philip’s College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 6 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lamar Institute of Technology came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. This small school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s hvac degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Macomb Community College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major ranking. Macomb Community College is located in Warren, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 associates’s hvac degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #25, Antelope Valley College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on HVAC Major list. Antelope Valley College is located in Lancaster, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 associates’s hvac degrees to qualified students.
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