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HVAC Technician
- Median pay
- $61,010/yr
- 10-yr job growth
- 8.1%
Degree Programs That Lead Here
These are the fields of study that feed into a HVAC Technician career. The colleges below all offer at least one of them.
547 colleges · showing 1–25
| College | Matching program | Credential | Net price/yr | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura College Ventura, CA · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Associate's | — | CA |
| Atlanta Technical College Atlanta, GA · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | — | GA |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crump Crump, TN · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | — | TN |
| Coahoma Community College Clarksdale, MS · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | — | MS |
| Coastal Pines Technical College Waycross, GA · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | — | GA |
| College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | $480 | CA |
| Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Valdosta, GA · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $614 | GA |
| Southern Regional Technical College Thomasville, GA · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $813 | GA |
| Radford M Locklin Technical College Milton, FL · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $987 | FL |
| Cleveland Community College Shelby, NC · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $995 | NC |
| Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Graduate | $1,115 | CA |
| Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan San Juan, PR · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Associate's | $1,121 | PR |
| South Georgia Technical College Americus, GA · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $1,164 | GA |
| George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan, AL · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Associate's | $1,170 | AL |
| Macomb Community College Warren, MI · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | $1,618 | MI |
| Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $1,672 | IL |
| Gordon Cooper Technology Center Shawnee, OK · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $1,680 | OK |
| South Texas College McAllen, TX · 4-yr Public | Heating | Associate's | $1,751 | TX |
| Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC · 2-yr Public | Heating | Associate's | $1,776 | NC |
| Manatee Technical College Bradenton, FL · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | $1,808 | FL |
| Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence, SC · 2-yr Public | Heating | Associate's | $2,004 | SC |
| Rockingham Community College Wentworth, NC · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $2,060 | NC |
| Santiago Canyon College Orange, CA · 2-yr Public | Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Associate's | $2,129 | CA |
| Wayne Community College Goldsboro, NC · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $2,245 | NC |
| College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City, NC · 2-yr Public | Heating | Certificate | $2,253 | NC |
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