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2025 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in California

1 College in California
2,732 HVACR Degrees Awarded
$36,758 Avg Early-Career Salary
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #192 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

There was only one school in California to review for the 2025 Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in California ranking.

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Associate Degrees in HVACR

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration in California

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the hvacr degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in HVACR

1
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
39 HVACR Degrees Awarded
$40,502 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration has to take a look at San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula. is a small private for-profit college located in the midsize city of Temecula.

Degree recipients from the heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration degree program at San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula get $3,744 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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

Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Washington 300 86
Oregon 266 10
Nevada 192 26
Hawaii 164 12
Alaska 119 1

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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 2,732

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Majors Similar to HVACR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 6,961
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 1,300
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 451
Precision Systems Maintenance 47

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