Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) programs in Alabama
14 schools in Alabama teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $30,870 at Fortis Institute-Birmingham.
What this work pays in Alabama
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Alabama earn a median of $48,370 a year across 8,260 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortis Institute-Birmingham Birmingham | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $30,870 (145 grads) | 47 |
| Remington College-Mobile Campus Mobile | Undergraduate certificate | $12,965 | $30,861 (243 grads) | 21 |
| Fortis College Mobile | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $28,381 (107 grads) | 27 |
| Fortis College-Montgomery Montgomery | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $28,381 (107 grads) | 28 |
| Fortis College-Dothan Dothan | Undergraduate certificate | $10,523 | not published | 18 |
| Bishop State Community College Mobile | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville Hanceville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Selma Selma | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| J F Ingram State Technical College Deatsville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 99 |
| Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Remington College-Mobile Campus Mobile | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Southern Union State Community College Wadley | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 51 |
| Southern Union State Community College Wadley | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.