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2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$2,475 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,822 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in North Carolina to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling

Our analysis found Forsyth Technical Community College to be the best value school for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in North Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Forsyth Tech are $2,152 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, HVACR majors at Forsyth Tech accumulate an average of around $7,310 in student debt.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Guilford Technical Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration schools in North Carolina. Guilford Technical Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Jamestown.

Guilford Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,289 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, HVACR majors at Guilford Technical Community College accumulate an average of around $17,472 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wake Technical Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

Wake Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coastal Carolina Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Coastal Carolina Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Jacksonville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina Community College are $2,462 per year.

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Fayetteville Technical Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FTCC are $2,544 per year. The average amount in student loans that HVACR majors at FTCC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,386.

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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
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).

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