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2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$2,581 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,379 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree School for You

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the #135 most popular major in North Carolina with 128 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for HVACR students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the HVACR associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling

Our 2023 rankings named Central Piedmont Community College the best value school in North Carolina for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Piedmont Community College are $2,792 per year.

Central Piedmont Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 6 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Guilford Technical Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Guilford Technical Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Jamestown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Guilford Technical Community College are $2,289 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, HVACR graduates from Guilford Technical Community College carry an average student debtload of $23,513.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Wake Technical Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration schools in North Carolina. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wake Technical Community College are $2,768 a year.

Wake Technical Community College also made our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fayetteville Technical Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FTCC are $2,544 a year.

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Out of the 6 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

A-B Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $2,632 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Coastal Carolina Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Coastal Carolina Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Jacksonville.

Coastal Carolina Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,462 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 43
Virginia 48
Tennessee 11
Kentucky 41
South Carolina 24
Louisiana 2
Arkansas 28
Alabama 4
Mississippi 69
West Virginia 1

One of 7 majors within the area of study, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to HVACR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 56,539
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 8,717
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 7,770
Precision Systems Maintenance 1,932
Mechanic & Repair Tech (Other) 1,267

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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