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2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$6,459 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,533 Avg Salary

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

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the #153 most popular major in South Carolina with 24 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in South Carolina to see which 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Schools in South Carolina

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Greenville Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$5,356 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the small city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Horry-Georgetown Technical College are $5,356 per year. After completing their degree, HVACR graduates from Horry-Georgetown Technical College carry an average student debtload of $9,500.

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$4,870 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florence-Darlington Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in South Carolina list. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Florence.

Florence-Darlington Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,870 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at Tri-County Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration schools in South Carolina. Located in the large suburb of Pendleton, TCTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

TCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Spartanburg Community College

Spartanburg, SC

Out of the 9 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Spartanburg Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Spartanburg Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Spartanburg.

Spartanburg Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,030 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Aiken Technical College

Graniteville, SC
$5,306 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Aiken Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Aiken Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Graniteville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aiken Technical College are $5,306 per year.

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#7

York Technical College

Rock Hill, SC
$5,410 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, York Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Located in the city of Rock Hill, York Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at York Technical College are $5,410 per year.

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#8

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

Midlands Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in South Carolina ranking. MTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of West Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MTC are $5,916 per year.

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$14,216 Average Tuition & Fees

Fortis College - Columbia ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Schools in South Carolina list. Fortis College - Columbia is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fortis College - Columbia are $14,216 per year. HVACR majors at Fortis College - Columbia take out an average of $13,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 43
Virginia 48
North Carolina 128
Tennessee 11
Kentucky 41
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.

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 9 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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