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2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 243 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 46 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State College of Science

Wahpeton, North Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State College of Science. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Wahpeton, North Dakota, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s HVAC students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State College of Science also took the #2 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,404 for plains states region associate degree hvac students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend North Dakota State College of Science.

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#2

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ranken Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s HVAC degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Ranken Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $18,260 for plains states region associate degree hvac students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Ranken Technical College.

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#3

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mitchell Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Mitchell Tech is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s HVAC degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mitchell Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,867 for Plains States Region Associate Degree HVAC students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Mitchell Tech.

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#4

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ozarks Technical Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ozarks Technical Community College is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s HVAC degrees to qualified students.

OTC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,632 for Plains States Region Associate Degree HVAC students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend OTC.

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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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