2023 Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in Florida

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for HVAC” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology is the 544th most popular major in the country with 7,017 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Florida, there were 1,379 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for HVAC” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

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, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for HVAC

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida vets studying hvac.

Top 2 Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in Florida

1

College of Business and Technology-Hialeah
Hialeah, Florida

6 GI Bill® Students**

$7,820 Average GI Bill® Award

$27,469 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Business and Technology-Hialeah. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for HVAC. CBT College - Hialeah is a small school located in Hialeah, Florida that handed out 11 ’s HVAC degrees in 2020-2021.

CBT College - Hialeah also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 140 students enrolled at College of Business and Technology-Hialeah, 6 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,820. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at College of Business and Technology-Hialeah]](/colleges/college-of-business-and-technology-hialeah/student-life/veterans/)

2

College of Business and Technology-Flagler
Miami, Florida

13 GI Bill® Students**

$10,647 Average GI Bill® Award

$27,469 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Business and Technology-Flagler. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for HVAC. CBT College - Flagler is a small school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 79 ’s HVAC degrees in 2020-2021.

CBT College - Flagler not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 13 of the 95 students enrolled at College of Business and Technology-Flagler were GI Bill® students, of which 12 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,647. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at College of Business and Technology-Flagler]](/colleges/college-of-business-and-technology-flagler/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.