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2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
170 Degrees Awarded
$8,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology is the 520th most popular major in the country with 6,236 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,203 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 170 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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 cost less that schools of similar quality.

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 and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified associates’s HVAC students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $3,134 for Southwest Region Associate Degree HVAC students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Grayson College

Denison, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grayson College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Denison, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s HVAC degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Grayson College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grayson College is $6,639 for Southwest Region Associate Degree HVAC students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Tarrant County College District is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 associates’s HVAC degrees to qualified students.

Tarrant County College also made our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $5,225 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tarrant County College.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas State Technical College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 43 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSTC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,535 for Southwest Region Associate Degree HVAC students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas State Technical College.

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#5

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Philip’s College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s HVAC degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $5,761 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5 in overall quality

Lamar Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This small school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 3 associates’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $0-$30k list, Lamar Institute of Technology has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lamar Institute of Technology is $5,848 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Western Technical College

El Paso, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Western Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s HVAC degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Western Technical College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Technical College is $25,264 for southwest region associate degree hvac students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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