What HVAC school actually costs
254 programs at 634 schools published a tuition. 760 listed programs did not, and those rows are excluded from every dollar statistic on this page rather than treated as $0. Median length among programs that publish one is 1 year (n=1014).
$736
Lowest published tuition in the directory.
$5,200–$20,500
Middle half of published prices (interquartile range).
$47,204
Highest published tuition in the directory.
Cost by credential
Restricting the same published-price pool to one credential type. Cells without n≥5 are marked insufficient.
Certificate
$5,100 · n=81
Diploma
$19,577 · n=125
AAS Degree
$8,100 · n=47
Apprenticeship
n=0 (insufficient)
Lowest and highest state medians
Only states with at least 5 published-tuition programs.
Lowest medians
1. Oklahoma
$2,831 · n=10
2. West Virginia
$4,647 · n=6
3. Georgia
$4,900 · n=10
4. Tennessee
$5,492 · n=10
5. North Carolina
$7,200 · n=5
Highest medians
1. New Jersey
$20,939 · n=6
2. Alabama
$19,577 · n=5
3. Pennsylvania
$19,577 · n=11
4. California
$18,000 · n=47
5. Illinois
$14,150 · n=6
Tuition by state
Sorted by median published tuition. Rows with n < 5 show the sample size and no median claim.
StateSchoolsProgramsPublished nMedianRange
Rhode Island111Insufficient n—State hub
Connecticut564Insufficient n—State hub
Maryland454Insufficient n—State hub
Wyoming133Insufficient n—State hub
New Jersey896$20,939$4,800–$31,500FAQ
Alabama8125$19,577$3,800–$19,577FAQ
Pennsylvania273811$19,577$7,000–$23,566FAQ
California486047$18,000$736–$26,377FAQ
Minnesota11212Insufficient n—State hub
New York13183Insufficient n—State hub
Illinois32586$14,150$6,000–$22,800FAQ
Texas438122$12,705$2,740–$35,000FAQ
Missouri13215$12,500$5,550–$23,464FAQ
Nevada344Insufficient n—State hub
Washington10165$11,400$6,800–$47,204FAQ
Massachusetts795$10,400$6,200–$22,795FAQ
Arizona172514$9,550$3,100–$35,000FAQ
Florida313925$9,400$2,190–$35,000FAQ
Michigan18263Insufficient n—State hub
Oregon122Insufficient n—State hub
Wisconsin11242Insufficient n—State hub
Delaware342Insufficient n—State hub
Colorado7122Insufficient n—State hub
Ohio313412$7,865$3,512–$14,283FAQ
Virginia24322Insufficient n—State hub
North Carolina36875$7,200$3,600–$9,730FAQ
Utah782Insufficient n—State hub
Kansas12182Insufficient n—State hub
South Carolina15242Insufficient n—State hub
Indiana232Insufficient n—State hub
Mississippi13231Insufficient n—State hub
Kentucky16382Insufficient n—State hub
New Mexico362Insufficient n—State hub
Louisiana16292Insufficient n—State hub
Tennessee253610$5,492$4,308–$17,200FAQ
Georgia285510$4,900$2,400–$21,500FAQ
West Virginia776$4,647$2,700–$6,155FAQ
Arkansas16331Insufficient n—State hub
Oklahoma242710$2,831$1,858–$21,324FAQ
Alaska340Insufficient n—State hub
Hawaii120Insufficient n—State hub
Iowa11150Insufficient n—State hub
Idaho350Insufficient n—State hub
Maine6100Insufficient n—State hub
Montana230Insufficient n—State hub
North Dakota230Insufficient n—State hub
Nebraska5110Insufficient n—State hub
New Hampshire130Insufficient n—State hub
South Dakota340Insufficient n—State hub

32 states below n=5: Alaska (n=0), Arkansas (n=1), Colorado (n=2), Connecticut (n=4), Delaware (n=2), Hawaii (n=0), Iowa (n=0), Idaho (n=0), Indiana (n=2), Kansas (n=2), Kentucky (n=2), Louisiana (n=2), Maryland (n=4), Maine (n=0), Michigan (n=3), Minnesota (n=2), Mississippi (n=1), Montana (n=0), North Dakota (n=0), Nebraska (n=0), New Hampshire (n=0), New Mexico (n=2), Nevada (n=4), New York (n=3), Oregon (n=2), Rhode Island (n=1), South Carolina (n=2), South Dakota (n=0), Utah (n=2), Virginia (n=2), Wisconsin (n=2), Wyoming (n=3). They remain in the download so a missing median is visible rather than silent.

Methodology & license
Median, range, and quartiles of program tuitionTotal for HVAC/R programs in the HVACSchoolGuide directory (curated partner schools, metro research records, and IPEDS CIP 47.0201 completions). Programs that did not publish a tuition figure are excluded from dollar statistics and counted separately. States with fewer than 5 published-tuition programs are flagged insufficient rather than omitted. Last computed 2026-08-21. License: CC BY 4.0 — reuse with attribution. See the methodology page. Related questions: How much does HVAC school cost? · Certificate cost · Associate degree cost

Key Findings

The directory median HVAC program tuition is $9,665 from 254 published prices, with Oklahoma at the low end of sufficient state samples ($2,831) and New Jersey at the high end ($20,939).

  • Median published tuition: $9,665 (n=254)
  • Range $736–$47,204
  • 17 states meet n≥5; 32 are flagged insufficient
  • 760 listed programs have no published tuition and are excluded from dollar stats
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