Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) programs in New York
19 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 7 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $46,478 at Suffolk County Community College.
What this work pays in New York
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in New York earn a median of $74,430 a year across 24,430 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Associate's degree | — | $46,478 (11 grads) | 14 |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $44,728 (62 grads) | 32 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $36,488 (35 grads) | 24 |
| Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool | Undergraduate certificate | $5,134 | $34,369 (82 grads) | 30 |
| Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca | Undergraduate certificate | — | $33,993 (12 grads) | 31 |
| Apex Technical School Long Island City | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $31,676 (187 grads) | 161 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | — | $30,771 (23 grads) | 24 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Fulton-Montgomery Community College Johnstown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 17 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
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.