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2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

2 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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 New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New England region, there were 113 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 27 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree hvac students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology in the New England Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small school located in Fairfield, Maine that handed out 5 associates’s HVAC degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kennebec Valley Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kennebec Valley Community College is $7,693 for new england region associate degree hvac students.

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#2

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value HVAC Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified associates’s HVAC students in 2019-2020.

New England Tech 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 New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New England Institute of Technology is $31,690 for new england region associate degree hvac students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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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