Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) programs in Arizona
21 schools in Arizona teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $25,856 at Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute.
What this work pays in Arizona
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Arizona earn a median of $59,400 a year across 10,860 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute Glendale | Undergraduate certificate | $12,139 | $25,856 (61 grads) | 16 |
| East Valley Institute of Technology Mesa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Refrigeration School Inc Phoenix | Undergraduate certificate | $8,233 | not published | 113 |
| UEI College-Mesa Mesa | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 7 |
| UEI College-Phoenix Phoenix | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 73 |
| Arizona Western College Yuma | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Arizona Western College Yuma | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Carrington College-Phoenix North Phoenix | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Carrington College-Phoenix North Phoenix | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Cochise County Community College District Sierra Vista | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Coconino Community College Flagstaff | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Eastern Arizona College Thatcher | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 179 |
| Eastern Arizona College Thatcher | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| GateWay Community College Phoenix | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| GateWay Community College Phoenix | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| GateWay Community College-Central City Phoenix | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Mohave Community College Kingman | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 63 |
| Mohave Community College Kingman | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Pima Community College Tucson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Western Maricopa Education Center Glendale | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Yavapai College Prescott | Undergraduate certificate | — | 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.
Email me when these figures change
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.