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2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$3,848 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,442 Avg Salary

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

With 16 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration is the #120 most popular major in Maine.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value programs for HVACR students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for HVACR majors pursuing a .

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling

$3,865 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Located in the city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Eastern Maine Community College are $3,865 a year.

Full Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration at Eastern Maine Community College Report

$3,830 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Maine Community College is a great value for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Northern Maine Community College is a fairly small public school located in the town of Presque Isle.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Maine Community College are $3,830 per year.

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#3

Northeast Technical Institute

Scarborough, ME

Out of the 3 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Technical Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northeast Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Scarborough.

HVACR majors at Northeast Technical Institute take out an average of $8,550 in student loans while working on their egree.

Read full report on Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration at Northeast Technical Institute

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

Explore all the Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 8
New Hampshire 3

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

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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