2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value HVACR Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the 186th most popular major in the country with 19,871 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,328 and had an average of $11,782 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 121 heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,700 and $7,600 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration 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, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value HVACR Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value HVACR Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value HVACR Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$12,123 Average Net Price

$44,189 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value HVACR Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 5 associates’s HVACR degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SMCC is $12,123 for Maine Associate Degree HVACR students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration (Income $48-$75k)

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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