Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) programs in Florida
60 schools in Florida teach this, at certificate or associate level. 16 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $37,568 at Fort Myers Technical College.
What this work pays in Florida
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Florida earn a median of $56,670 a year across 39,160 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Myers Technical College Fort Myers | Undergraduate certificate | — | $37,568 (17 grads) | 26 |
| Sheridan Technical College Hollywood | Undergraduate certificate | — | $36,745 (40 grads) | 1 |
| Orange Technical College-West Campus Ocoee | Undergraduate certificate | — | $34,847 (27 grads) | 2 |
| Osceola Technical College Kissimmee | Undergraduate certificate | — | $34,847 (14 grads) | 0 |
| Erwin Technical College Tampa | Undergraduate certificate | — | $33,022 (47 grads) | 25 |
| Daytona State College Daytona Beach | Undergraduate certificate | — | $32,284 (21 grads) | 0 |
| Palm Beach State College Lake Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | $31,941 (22 grads) | 0 |
| Florida International Training Institute Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | $31,848 (11 grads) | 63 |
| Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie Port Saint Lucie | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $30,870 (145 grads) | 41 |
| Pensacola State College Pensacola | Undergraduate certificate | — | $30,409 (11 grads) | 0 |
| Eastern Florida State College Melbourne | Undergraduate certificate | — | $29,685 (11 grads) | 2 |
| Fred K Marchman Technical College New Port Richey | Undergraduate certificate | — | $29,685 (12 grads) | 0 |
| Fortis Institute-Pensacola Pensacola | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $28,381 (107 grads) | 12 |
| Indian River State College Fort Pierce | Undergraduate certificate | — | $28,236 (19 grads) | 0 |
| Atlantic Technical College Coconut Creek | Undergraduate certificate | — | $27,494 (18 grads) | 0 |
| Lively Technical College Tallahassee | Undergraduate certificate | — | $26,739 (25 grads) | 0 |
| Florida Education Institute Miami | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 18 |
| Lindsey Hopkins Technical College Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Okaloosa Technical College Fort Walton Beach | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Southern Technical College Orlando | Undergraduate certificate | $11,250 | not published | 409 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Orlando Casselberry | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Charlotte Technical College Port Charlotte | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| College of Business and Technology Hialeah | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 81 |
| Emerald Coast Technical College DeFuniak Springs | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| First Coast Technical College Saint Augustine | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Flagler Technical College Palm Coast | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Florida Gateway College Lake City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| George Stone Technical College Pensacola | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Hillsborough College Tampa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| InterAmerican Technical Institute Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| Jones Technical Institute Jacksonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Lake Technical College Eustis | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Lorenzo Walker Technical College Naples | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| M-DCPS The English Center Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Manatee Technical College Bradenton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Miami Dade College Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College Miami Lakes | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 29 |
| North Florida Technical College Starke | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Orange Technical College Orlando | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Orange Technical College-South Campus Orlando | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater Clearwater | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Radford M Locklin Technical College Milton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Ridge Technical College Winter Haven | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Robert Morgan Educational Center and Technical College Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Santa Fe College Gainesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Seminole State College of Florida Sanford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| South Dade Technical College-South Dade Skills Center Campus HOMESTEAD | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| South Florida State College Avon Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Southeastern College-Boynton Beach Boynton Beach | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Southern Technical College Orlando | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Suncoast Technical College Sarasota | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Tallahassee State College Tallahassee | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| The College of the Florida Keys Key West | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Tom P. Haney Technical College Panama City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Traviss Technical College Lakeland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Treasure Coast Technical College Vero Beach | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville Jacksonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 106 |
| Withlacoochee Technical College Inverness | 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.
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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.