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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration is the #87 most popular major in South Dakota with 26 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota 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.

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 South Dakota

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

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

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

16 Degrees

#6 in Quality in South Dakota

$7,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southeast Technical College to be the best value school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.

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#2

Western Dakota Technical Institute

Rapid City, SD

5 Degrees

#12 in Quality in South Dakota

$8,332 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Dakota Technical Institute is a great value for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 per year.

Full Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration at Western Dakota Technical Institute Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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