Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) programs in New Jersey
9 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 5 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $32,162 at Pennco Tech-Blackwood.
What this work pays in New Jersey
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in New Jersey earn a median of $74,450 a year across 10,330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennco Tech-Blackwood Blackwood | Undergraduate certificate | $12,901 | $32,162 (209 grads) | 165 |
| Eastwick College-Nutley Nutley | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $30,554 (79 grads) | — |
| Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville Lawrenceville | Undergraduate certificate | $11,538 | $28,381 (139 grads) | 47 |
| Fortis Institute-Wayne Wayne | Undergraduate certificate | $11,538 | $28,381 (139 grads) | 64 |
| Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS Hackensack | Undergraduate certificate | — | $24,863 (21 grads) | 26 |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education Westampton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Morris County Vocational School District Denville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| National Career Institute East Orange | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 25 |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical School Toms River | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
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.