Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

8,736 students earn a environmental control technologies/technicians credential each year across 283 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $47,936
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $87,544

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Bachelor's programs — 11 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1The University of FindlayFindlay, Ohio11$67,2661 year out$94,126$26,000 2Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania8$65,1541 year out——3North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina15$47,9361 year out$75,235$21,141 4Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina55$47,3331 year out—$23,250 5University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico6$12,4691 year out——6Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York11—1 year out$87,544—7University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin6—1 year out——8University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin5—1 year out——9Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado2—1 year out——10Methodist UniversityFayetteville, North Carolina2—1 year out——11The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, District of Columbia1—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 127 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island15$53,1351 year out$59,383$18,414 2North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpeton, North Dakota15$50,7801 year out——3Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota—$50,6851 year out——4Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan13$48,7951 year out$71,572$11,000 5ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana19$47,8091 year out—$16,728 6Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas17$47,4801 year out$56,840—7Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri31$44,9171 year out$62,169$12,000 8College of Business and TechnologyHialeah, Florida8$41,8141 year out$47,965$20,225 9College of Business and TechnologyMiami, Florida5$41,8141 year out$47,965$20,225 10Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas37$36,8881 year out$36,228$16,417 11Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama28$36,4071 year out——12Western Technical CollegeEl Paso, Texas70$35,4831 year out$48,919$23,276 13Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California41—1 year out——14Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California35—1 year out$63,761—15Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas23—1 year out$59,403—16San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, California20—1 year out——17Mountain Empire Community CollegeBig Stone Gap, Virginia19—1 year out——18Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas19—1 year out——19Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California17—1 year out——20Citrus CollegeGlendora, California16—1 year out——21Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio16—1 year out——22Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio15—1 year out$63,141—23College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California14—1 year out——24Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California13—1 year out——25St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas13—1 year out$47,225—26Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin13—1 year out$66,285—27Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas13—1 year out——28Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California12—1 year out——29San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California12—1 year out——30Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland12—1 year out——31H Councill Trenholm State Community CollegeMontgomery, Alabama11—1 year out——32Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California11—1 year out——33Ventura CollegeVentura, California11—1 year out——34Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan11—1 year out——35Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio11—1 year out$57,085—36Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon11—1 year out——37Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California10—1 year out——38Fresno City CollegeFresno, California10—1 year out——39Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California10—1 year out——40Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia10—1 year out——41Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan10—1 year out——42New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico10—1 year out——43CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York10—1 year out$79,014—44Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin10—1 year out——45Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama9—1 year out——46Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California9—1 year out——47San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California9—1 year out——48Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota9—1 year out——49Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama8—1 year out——50Columbia CollegeSonora, California8—1 year out——51Cypress CollegeCypress, California8—1 year out——52El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California8—1 year out——53Solano Community CollegeFairfield, California8—1 year out——54Bay de Noc Community CollegeEscanaba, Michigan8—1 year out——55Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan8—1 year out——56Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, New Jersey8—1 year out——57Hocking CollegeNelsonville, Ohio8—1 year out——58Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——59Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico8—1 year out——60George C Wallace Community College-DothanDothan, Alabama7—1 year out——61De Anza CollegeCupertino, California7—1 year out——62Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa7—1 year out——63Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood, Washington7—1 year out——64NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas7—1 year out——65Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California6—1 year out——66North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia6—1 year out——67Belmont CollegeSt Clairsville, Ohio6—1 year out——68Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon6—1 year out——69Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California5—1 year out——70Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California5—1 year out——71Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado5—1 year out$59,483—72Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, Massachusetts5—1 year out——73St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota5—1 year out——74Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, Ohio5—1 year out——75Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio5—1 year out$60,688—76Woodland Community CollegeWoodland, California5—1 year out——77Laney CollegeOakland, California4—1 year out——78Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut4—1 year out——79Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa4—1 year out——80Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan4—1 year out——81Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota4—1 year out——82Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina4—1 year out——83Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas4—1 year out——84GateWay Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona3—1 year out——85College of the DesertPalm Desert, California3—1 year out——86Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California3—1 year out——87Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California3—1 year out——88College of the SequoiasVisalia, California3—1 year out——89Fort Scott Community CollegeFort Scott, Kansas3—1 year out——90Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky3—1 year out——91College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada3—1 year out——92Midland CollegeMidland, Texas3—1 year out——93Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburg, West Virginia3—1 year out——94Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——95Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California2—1 year out——96Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California2—1 year out——97Merced CollegeMerced, California2—1 year out——98San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California2—1 year out——99Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware2—1 year out——100Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida2—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 233 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado—$70,8881 year out—$19,200 2High Plains Technology CenterWoodward, Oklahoma—$67,9351 year out——3Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri48$50,1871 year out$64,941$14,784 4Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California76$48,9111 year out——5Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas101$46,6231 year out——6Refrigeration School IncPhoenix, Arizona—$45,7731 year out$53,935$8,815 7Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky18$44,9661 year out—$9,500 8Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California55$43,3401 year out——9Florida AcademyFort Myers, Florida50$42,7691 year out—$6,577 10Electrical and HVAC/R Training CenterCopiague, New York113$41,5671 year out$57,741$6,333 11Lincoln Technical Institute-UnionUnion, New Jersey277$40,7781 year out$54,059$14,553 12Lincoln College of Technology-Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, Texas135$40,7781 year out$54,059$14,553 13Lincoln Technical Institute-MahwahMahwah, New Jersey128$40,7781 year out$54,059$14,553 14Lincoln College of Technology-DenverDenver, Colorado84$40,7781 year out$54,059$14,553 15Lincoln College of Technology-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana—$40,7781 year out$54,059$14,553 16Pickens Technical CollegeAurora, Colorado34$40,1461 year out——17Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, Pennsylvania—$38,0311 year out$46,862$13,022 18Wichita Technical InstituteWichita, Kansas190$37,8951 year out$39,838$13,000 19Summit CollegeSan Bernardino, California99$37,7251 year out$58,274$7,600 20Polaris Career CenterMiddleburg Heights, Ohio65$37,4801 year out$48,745$6,365 21Lincoln College of Technology-ColumbiaColumbia, Maryland158$37,2851 year out$53,055$11,250 22Lincoln Technical Institute-East WindsorEast Windsor, Connecticut90$37,2851 year out$53,055$11,250 23Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, Connecticut53$37,2851 year out$53,055$11,250 24Tulsa Welding School-TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma—$36,6621 year out$37,608$7,125 25Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and TechnologyPleasant Gap, Pennsylvania15$36,5151 year out$39,388—26Northwestern Technological InstituteSouthfield, Michigan471$36,0151 year out$39,215$9,500 27Community Care CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma—$34,4251 year out—$14,001 28Lincoln College of Technology-MariettaMarietta, Georgia77$34,2201 year out$43,500$14,381 29Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinIselin, New Jersey—$34,2201 year out$43,500$14,381 30College of Business and TechnologyMiami, Florida84$34,2061 year out$38,537$8,600 31College of Business and TechnologyCutler Bay, Florida35$34,2061 year out$38,537$8,600 32Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas34$33,9951 year out—$9,500 33South Florida Institute of TechnologyMiami, Florida252$33,7601 year out$40,003$8,508 34Futura Career InstituteHialeah, Florida23$33,4441 year out$38,485—35Southern Careers Institute-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas128$32,4211 year out$36,986$9,500 36Southern Careers Institute-HarlingenHarlingen, Texas76$32,4211 year out$36,986$9,500 37Southern Careers Institute-AustinAustin, Texas47$32,4211 year out$36,986$9,500 38Miller-Motte College-STVT-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas93$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 39Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllenMcAllen, Texas71$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 40Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas58$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 41Miller-Motte College-STVT-ArlingtonArlington, Texas43$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 42Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive InstituteGlendale, Arizona22$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 43Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical InstituteWyomissing, Pennsylvania0$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 44Miller-Motte College-RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina0$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 45Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, Pennsylvania0$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 46South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-BrownsvilleBrownsville, Texas0$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 47Miller-Motte College-FayettevilleFayetteville, North Carolina0$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 48Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee—$32,3641 year out$40,768$13,000 49Midwest Technical Institute-IllinoisSpringfield, Illinois156$31,9051 year out$42,109$9,500 50Delta Technical College-MississippiHorn Lake, Mississippi156$31,9051 year out$42,109$9,500 51Midwest Technical Institute-MissouriSpringfield, Missouri33$31,9051 year out$42,109$9,500 52Laredo CollegeLaredo, Texas124$31,0371 year out——53Ayers Career CollegeShreveport, Louisiana23$29,8321 year out$35,270$9,500 54Huertas CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico32$26,4811 year out$26,590—55Advantage Technical CollegeManati, Puerto Rico73$21,2911 year out$27,628—56Advantage Technical College-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico—$21,2911 year out$27,628—57Professional Technical InstitutionBayamon, Puerto Rico44$21,2281 year out$24,096—58NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico316$20,0681 year out$23,240$9,500 59Liceo de Arte y TecnologiaSan Juan, Puerto Rico61$19,3571 year out——60Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California181—1 year out——61Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas156—1 year out——62Cypress CollegeCypress, California148—1 year out——63Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida68—1 year out——64Pinellas Technical College-St. PetersburgSaint Petersburg, Florida68—1 year out——65El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California64—1 year out——66Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama59—1 year out——67St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas58—1 year out$39,179—68Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California57—1 year out——69Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida50—1 year out——70Lively Technical CollegeTallahassee, Florida50—1 year out——71George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama48—1 year out——72Northwest Shoals Community CollegeMuscle Shoals, Alabama47—1 year out——73Mech-Tech CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico46—1 year out——74Lawson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama45—1 year out$42,068—75Robert Morgan Educational Center and Technical CollegeMiami, Florida45—1 year out——76First Coast Technical CollegeSaint Augustine, Florida43—1 year out——77Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas43—1 year out$59,338—78George C Wallace Community College-DothanDothan, Alabama39—1 year out——79College of the DesertPalm Desert, California39—1 year out——80Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa38—1 year out——81Sheridan Technical CollegeHollywood, Florida37—1 year out——82Osceola Technical CollegeKissimmee, Florida37—1 year out——83Tom P. Haney Technical CollegePanama City, Florida36—1 year out——84Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida35—1 year out——85Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida34—1 year out——86Fresno City CollegeFresno, California33—1 year out——87Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California33—1 year out——88Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas33—1 year out——89Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California31—1 year out——90Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California31—1 year out——91Butte CollegeOroville, California29—1 year out——92College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California27—1 year out——93Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California27—1 year out——94San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California27—1 year out——95Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida27—1 year out——96Traviss Technical CollegeLakeland, Florida27—1 year out——97Citrus CollegeGlendora, California26—1 year out——98Lake Technical CollegeEustis, Florida26—1 year out——99Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical TrainingMarietta, Ohio26—1 year out——100Okaloosa Technical CollegeFort Walton Beach, Florida26—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).