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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,682 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 #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 Undergraduate Certificate 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 4 schools in South 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

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

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

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

GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, HVACR graduates from GTC carry an average student debtload of $15,284.

GTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Heating, Ventilation, Air & Cooling Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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#2

York Technical College

Rock Hill, SC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means York Technical College is a great value for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Rock Hill, York Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

York Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fortis College - Columbia landed the # 3 spot on the list. Fortis College - Columbia is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Fortis College - Columbia are $14,216 a year. The average amount in student loans that HVACR majors at Fortis College - Columbia take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $15,205.

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#4

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Midlands Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration schools in South Carolina. MTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of West Columbia.

MTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, HVACR graduates from MTC take out $7,509 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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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 4 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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