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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

With 48 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration is the #174 most popular major in Virginia.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for HVACR students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Associate Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, VA

14 Associate Degrees

#5 in Quality in Virginia

$5,565 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Virginia Community College the best value school in Virginia for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students working on their associate degree. Northern Virginia Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Virginia Community College are $5,565 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northern Virginia Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for HVACR in Virginia.

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#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, VA

4 Associate Degrees

#14 in Quality in Virginia

$5,561 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tidewater Community College is a great value for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students working on their associate degree. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tidewater Community College are $5,561 per year. On average, HVACR graduates from Tidewater Community College take out $21,950 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#3

Advanced Technology Institute

Virginia Beach, VA

14 Associate Degrees

$13,200 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Advanced Technology Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. ATI is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

ATI undergraduate students pay an average of $13,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).

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