Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

20,426 students earn a heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration maintenance technology/technician (hac, hacr, hvac, hvacr) credential each year across 617 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: $36,485
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $46,381

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Associate programs — top 100 of 216 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana79$57,3231 year out$45,414$7,250 2Intellitec College-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado60$35,9191 year out$52,279$19,000 3Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania56$41,9541 year out$65,696$10,096 4Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania42$51,7701 year out—$13,975 5State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri39$43,7231 year out$57,261—6Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma36$58,3361 year out$56,689$11,500 7New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, Pennsylvania36$38,0741 year out$39,424$9,219 8Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas35—1 year out——9Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina34—1 year out——10Jones Technical InstituteJacksonville, Florida34—1 year out——11Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York33$47,1341 year out$59,554$12,000 12Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina33—1 year out$49,134—13Johnson CollegeScranton, Pennsylvania32—1 year out——14Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, Pennsylvania30$41,1261 year out$49,890$12,000 15Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota28$47,0761 year out$75,444$17,500 16Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas28—1 year out——17Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota27$65,5921 year out$78,403$20,000 18Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska23$49,6661 year out$60,687—19SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York23—1 year out——20Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood, Washington22—1 year out——21South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas22$22,8221 year out$29,167—22Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa21—1 year out——23Penn Commercial Business/Technical SchoolWashington, Pennsylvania21$29,8981 year out$43,825—24Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia21—1 year out$47,384—25Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina20—1 year out——26University of Northwestern OhioLima, Ohio20$42,6901 year out$52,736$13,084 27Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois19—1 year out——28Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa19—1 year out——29Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina19—1 year out——30Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, Georgia18—1 year out$62,233—31Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky17—1 year out——32Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota17$52,1051 year out$75,499$11,500 33Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina17—1 year out$46,358—34Intellitec College-Grand JunctionGrand Junction, Colorado16—1 year out——35Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska16—1 year out——36Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina16—1 year out$58,589—37Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, Washington16—1 year out——38Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota15$56,1911 year out$74,261$20,000 39John A Logan CollegeCarterville, Illinois14—1 year out——40Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan14—1 year out——41Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico14—1 year out$55,846—42Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina14—1 year out——43San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas14—1 year out——44Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia13$40,3421 year out$50,446—45Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan13—1 year out——46Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville, Mississippi13—1 year out——47Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi13—1 year out——48College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada13—1 year out$56,489—49Bates Technical CollegeTacoma, Washington13—1 year out——50Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas12—1 year out——51College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois12—1 year out——52North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa12—1 year out——53SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York12$42,9921 year out$58,480$12,000 54Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina12—1 year out——55Alamance Community CollegeGraham, North Carolina12—1 year out——56Advanced Technology InstituteVirginia Beach, Virginia12$37,7241 year out$54,045—57Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York12—1 year out——58Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois11—1 year out$43,755—59College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois11—1 year out——60Delta CollegeUniversity Center, Michigan11—1 year out——61Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville, Mississippi11—1 year out——62Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania11—1 year out——63Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas11—1 year out——64Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas11—1 year out——65Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin11—1 year out——66Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin11—1 year out——67Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii10—1 year out——68Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi10—1 year out——69Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri10—1 year out$41,709—70Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire10—1 year out——71Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York10$54,2411 year out——72Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina10—1 year out——73Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington10$42,8621 year out—$17,231 74San Joaquin Valley College-TemeculaTemecula, California10$40,8611 year out$50,235$19,635 75GateWay Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona9—1 year out——76Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado9—1 year out——77Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois9—1 year out——78Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor, Maine9—1 year out——79South Central CollegeNorth Mankato, Minnesota9—1 year out$76,675—80Jefferson CollegeHillsboro, Missouri9—1 year out——81Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska9—1 year out——82New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico9—1 year out——83Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas9—1 year out——84Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas9—1 year out——85Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia9—1 year out——86Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware8—1 year out——87City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois8—1 year out——88Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky8—1 year out——89Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky8—1 year out——90St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota8—1 year out——91Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi8—1 year out——92Holmes Community CollegeGoodman, Mississippi8—1 year out$37,220—93Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina8—1 year out——94Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——95Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota8—1 year out——96Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota8—1 year out——97Virginia Highlands Community CollegeAbingdon, Virginia8—1 year out——98University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorrilton, Arkansas7—1 year out——99Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas7—1 year out——100Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky7—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 584 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana314$41,2701 year out$51,725$5,940 2Southern Technical CollegeOrlando, Florida310$31,9901 year out—$11,250 3Chicago Professional CenterProspect Heights, Illinois255—1 year out——4Eastern Arizona CollegeThatcher, Arizona215—1 year out——5College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois215—1 year out——6Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas203$32,0701 year out$54,727$5,500 7ETI School of Skilled TradesWillowbrook, Illinois203$39,1691 year out$48,180$9,500 8UEI College-OntarioOntario, California198$33,4441 year out—$9,500 9Brownson Technical SchoolAnaheim, California189—1 year out$56,357—10Universal Technical Institute-CantonCanton, Michigan179$35,7131 year out$47,395$12,225 11UEI College-FresnoFresno, California173$23,4331 year out—$9,500 12Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia172$34,3201 year out$55,342$13,750 13Pennco Tech-BlackwoodBlackwood, New Jersey169$39,6321 year out$47,998$12,968 14Tulsa Welding School-HoustonHouston, Texas168—1 year out——15UEI College-RiversideRiverside, California161$30,2351 year out—$9,500 16Apex Technical SchoolLong Island City, New York158$36,1361 year out$46,540$9,500 17Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia154$41,9781 year out$57,553—18Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky152$39,6221 year out—$6,760 19Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois149—1 year out$84,422—20Charter CollegeAnchorage, Alaska145$41,2021 year out$52,293$14,750 21Institute for Business and TechnologySan Jose, California142$41,6951 year out$68,881$9,316 22Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas141$28,8491 year out$47,817$9,720 23J F Ingram State Technical CollegeDeatsville, Alabama133—1 year out——24San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas130$30,1891 year out$31,732—25NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico124$32,9531 year out$42,697$13,845 26UEI College-Garden GroveGarden Grove, California123$33,4441 year out—$9,500 27Institute of TechnologyClovis, California122$39,9351 year out$44,857$9,500 28Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky121$41,7311 year out—$8,250 29Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina119—1 year out$50,002—30United Education Institute-MorrowMorrow, Georgia118$33,4441 year out—$9,500 31Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe, Louisiana118—1 year out$39,820—32UEI College-ResedaReseda, California117$33,4441 year out—$9,500 33HVAC Technical InstituteChicago, Illinois116$41,6441 year out—$6,851 34Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota112—1 year out$65,406—35UEI College-Chula VistaChula Vista, California107$33,4441 year out—$9,500 36Porter & Chester InstituteBridgeport, Connecticut104$43,2351 year out$56,898$14,120 37College of Business and TechnologyHialeah, Florida104—1 year out——38New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode IslandPawtucket, Rhode Island103$42,5321 year out$54,024$13,437 39Refrigeration School IncPhoenix, Arizona102$48,1451 year out—$8,835 40Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia102—1 year out$33,319$10,117 41Tidewater Tech-TradesNorfolk, Virginia99$30,4481 year out$43,957$14,750 42West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia97$35,5721 year out$46,080—43Northshore Technical Community CollegeLacombe, Louisiana96—1 year out——44Advanced Training InstituteLas Vegas, Nevada93$40,6331 year out—$8,867 45UEI College-Huntington ParkHuntington Park, California92$33,4441 year out—$9,500 46Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota92$52,8701 year out—$13,000 47Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina92$50,8021 year out$54,689$12,546 48Lamson InstituteSan Antonio, Texas92$41,6951 year out$68,881$9,316 49UEI College-GardenaGardena, California91$30,2351 year out—$9,500 50UEI College-BakersfieldBakersfield, California91$23,4331 year out—$9,500 51South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas89$25,7111 year out$28,124—52Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, Georgia88$49,3461 year out$49,868—53Austin Career Institute LLCAustin, Texas88—1 year out——54Tulsa Welding School-JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida87—1 year out——55UEI College-PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona87$33,4441 year out—$9,500 56Mohave Community CollegeKingman, Arizona86—1 year out——57New England Tractor Trailer Training School of MassachusettsNorth Andover, Massachusetts86$42,5321 year out$54,024$13,437 58Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts85$29,2661 year out$35,548$9,500 59Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky81$46,4511 year out——60UEI College-OceansideOceanside, California81$33,4441 year out—$9,500 61Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois80$24,5131 year out——62Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky75—1 year out—$8,799 63Pennco Tech-BristolBristol, Pennsylvania74$38,4171 year out$52,682$13,000 64Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, Oklahoma74$26,9621 year out$39,097—65Capstone CollegePasadena, California73$38,7401 year out$59,207$9,500 66United Education Institute-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada72$30,2351 year out—$9,500 67Orleans Technical CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania71$37,8481 year out$52,694$7,521 68Northeast Technical InstituteScarborough, Maine70$44,2761 year out$51,990$8,550 69Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas69—1 year out——70Motoring Technical Training InstituteSeekonk, Massachusetts67$51,2811 year out$55,796$9,500 71Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia66—1 year out——72Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina66—1 year out——73Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky65$37,4601 year out—$11,584 74Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia64$45,3561 year out——75Columbus Technical CollegeColumbus, Georgia62—1 year out$49,847—76Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky62—1 year out——77Centura College-Newport NewsNewport News, Virginia62$29,3951 year out—$14,750 78Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia61—1 year out——79Wayne County Community College DistrictDetroit, Michigan59—1 year out——80Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky58$25,0941 year out$41,135—81UEI College-StocktonStockton, California58$33,4441 year out—$9,500 82Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia58—1 year out$47,651—83Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi56—1 year out——84Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin56—1 year out——85UEI College-West CovinaWest Covina, California56$33,4441 year out—$9,500 86Fortis College-CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio56$35,7851 year out$43,961$13,000 87San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California54$40,3681 year out$67,788$13,000 88Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri54$44,7151 year out$60,480—89Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska54—1 year out——90National Career EducationCitrus Heights, California53$41,6951 year out$68,881$9,316 91Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina51—1 year out——92Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa50$36,4011 year out——93North American Trade SchoolsBaltimore, Maryland50$36,4641 year out$36,671$10,329 94Fortis Institute-WayneWayne, New Jersey50$34,0641 year out$46,888$12,106 95Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas50$32,4141 year out——96Tennessee College of Applied Technology NashvilleNashville, Tennessee50$34,3151 year out$52,231—97Fortis College-Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City, Utah50$37,1391 year out$41,984$13,000 98InterAmerican Technical InstituteMiami, Florida50—1 year out——99DeHart Technical SchoolModesto, California50$43,9271 year out—$8,950 100Tennessee College of Applied Technology-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee49$39,2301 year out$26,750—

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 (—).