Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) programs in Ohio
35 schools in Ohio teach this, at certificate or associate level. 14 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $39,009 at Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools.
What this work pays in Ohio
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Ohio earn a median of $62,510 a year across 14,150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools Groveport | Undergraduate certificate | $5,638 | $39,009 (28 grads) | 15 |
| University of Northwestern Ohio Lima | Associate's degree | $13,084 | $37,208 (30 grads) | 13 |
| Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center Ashland | Undergraduate certificate | — | $36,848 (11 grads) | 4 |
| Great Oaks Career Campuses Cincinnati | Undergraduate certificate | $6,757 | $35,594 (57 grads) | 16 |
| Warren County Career Center Lebanon | Undergraduate certificate | — | $34,847 (26 grads) | 9 |
| University of Northwestern Ohio Lima | Undergraduate certificate | — | $33,993 (12 grads) | 0 |
| Upper Valley Career Center Piqua | Undergraduate certificate | — | $33,565 (15 grads) | 12 |
| Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Falls | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $32,818 (191 grads) | 44 |
| Fortis College-Centerville Centerville | Undergraduate certificate | $11,704 | $31,676 (77 grads) | 32 |
| Remington College-Cleveland Campus Cleveland | Undergraduate certificate | $12,965 | $30,861 (243 grads) | 37 |
| Fortis College-Cincinnati Cincinnati | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $30,047 (237 grads) | 68 |
| Fortis College-Columbus Westerville | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $30,047 (237 grads) | 51 |
| Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County Newark | Undergraduate certificate | $9,043 | $28,055 (21 grads) | 9 |
| Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District Chillicothe | Undergraduate certificate | — | $27,295 (16 grads) | 13 |
| Butler Technology and Career Development Schools Monroe | Undergraduate certificate | $6,840 | not published | 34 |
| Ohio Business College-Sheffield Sheffield Village | Undergraduate certificate | $12,416 | not published | 42 |
| Stautzenberger College-Maumee Maumee | Undergraduate certificate | $13,682 | not published | 26 |
| Apollo Career Center Lima | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 25 |
| Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus Jefferson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Auburn Career Center Concord Twp | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 17 |
| Buckeye Hills Career Center Rio Grande | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Buckeye Joint Vocational School New Philadelphia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Collins Career Technical Center Chesapeake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Columbus State Community College Columbus | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Career Center Brecksville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 33 |
| EHOVE Career Center Milan | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Falls | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Knox County Career Center Mount Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Medina County Career Center Medina | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Owens Community College Perrysburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Remington College-Cleveland Campus Cleveland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Sinclair Community College Dayton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Sinclair Community College Dayton | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Tri-County Adult Career Center Nelsonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training Marietta | 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.