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2022 Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
1,203 Degrees Awarded
Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 6,236 people earned their degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician, making the major the 520th most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region hvac students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s HVAC degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also made our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College District is $7,048 for southwest region hvac students whose families make $48-$75k.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 41 ’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,877 for southwest region hvac students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#3

Grayson College

Denison, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grayson College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Grayson College is located in Denison, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 ’s HVAC degrees to qualified students.

Grayson College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,510 for Southwest Region HVAC students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Grayson College.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s HVAC degrees to 123 students in 2019-2020.

TSTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,576 for southwest region hvac students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas State Technical College.

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#5

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the #5 spot on the list. St Philip’s College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 53 ’s HVAC degrees 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 Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,285 for southwest region hvac students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend St Philip’s College.

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Lamar Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified ’s HVAC students in 2019-2020.

Lamar Institute of Technology also took the #5 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar Institute of Technology is $9,495 for southwest region hvac students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7

Western Technical College

El Paso, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Western Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value HVAC Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s HVAC degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

Western Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Technical College is $27,672 for Southwest Region HVAC students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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