2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended HVAC Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology is the 544th most popular major in the country with 7,017 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 358 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 26 heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended HVAC Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician. To top this list, a school must have a successful heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineering technology/technician program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended HVAC Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended HVAC Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

1

Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, Missouri

#5 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended HVAC Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ranken Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ranken Technical College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology at Ranken Technical College

2

North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, North Dakota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended HVAC Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State College of Science landed the #2 spot on the list. North Dakota State College of Science is a public institution located in Wahpeton, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology at North Dakota State College of Science

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.