2025 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 126 associate degrees in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students working on their associate degree.

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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for an Associate in HVACR

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Honolulu Community College
Honolulu, HI

10 Annual Graduates

Honolulu Community College is a good choice for individuals interested in an associate degree in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration. Honolulu CC is a small public college located in the large city of Honolulu.More information about a associate in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration from Honolulu Community College

2

San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula
Temecula, CA

10 Annual Graduates

$40,861 Median Starting Salary

San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration. is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Temecula.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the hvacr program make about $40,861 for their early career.

More information about a associate in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration from San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula

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Spokane Community College
Spokane, WA

10 Annual Graduates

$42,862 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration needs to look into Spokane Community College. Spokane Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the midsize city of Spokane.

Associate students who receive their degree from the hvacr program make an average of $42,862 in their early career salary.

More information about a associate in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration from Spokane Community College

Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges by State

Explore the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	192	5
Oregon	147	10
Washington	131	86
Nevada	112	26
Hawaii	59	12
Alaska	54	1

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Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Related Rankings by Major

One of 7 majors within the Mechanic & Repair Technologies area of study, Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration has other similar majors worth exploring.

HVACR Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician	126

Most Popular Majors Related to HVACR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	3,223
Electronics Maintenance & Repair	408
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance	161
Precision Systems Maintenance	2
Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies.	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.