2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology

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 “Most Well Attended HVAC Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 7,017 people earned their degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician, making the major the 544th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended HVAC Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Schools

The hvac school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended HVAC Major for a Bachelor’s”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Well Attended HVAC Major for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree hvac students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology

1

Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended HVAC Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Penn College is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 bachelors’s HVAC degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Pennsylvania College of Technology Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Report

2

Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Siena Heights University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HVAC Major for a Bachelor’s list. Siena Heights University is located in Adrian, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s HVAC degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology at Siena Heights University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.