Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) programs in Texas
63 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 15 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $53,108 at Lamson Institute.
What this work pays in Texas
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Texas earn a median of $57,760 a year across 34,730 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamson Institute San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $9,238 | $53,108 (36 grads) | 127 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Associate's degree | — | $42,682 (11 grads) | 35 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $12,965 | $30,861 (243 grads) | 40 |
| Remington College-Fort Worth Campus North Richland Hills | Undergraduate certificate | $12,965 | $30,861 (243 grads) | 30 |
| Fortis College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $29,374 (158 grads) | 29 |
| Fortis Institute Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $29,374 (158 grads) | 33 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Undergraduate certificate | — | $27,669 (33 grads) | 138 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | — | $26,896 (14 grads) | — |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington Arlington | Undergraduate certificate | $12,139 | $25,856 (61 grads) | 15 |
| Southwest Texas College Uvalde | Undergraduate certificate | — | $25,194 (13 grads) | 35 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | $23,869 (40 grads) | 38 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Associate's degree | — | $21,508 (13 grads) | 10 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $20,140 (11 grads) | 43 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Associate's degree | — | $19,227 (29 grads) | 18 |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Undergraduate certificate | — | $16,478 (15 grads) | 9 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 99 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Wharton County Junior College Wharton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 38 |
| Arlington Career Institute Arlington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Austin Career Institute, LLC Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 86 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Dallas Irving | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 19 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 73 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 17 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Houston City College Houston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Interactive College of Technology Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Lee College Baytown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| Lee College Baytown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 52 |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Remington College-Fort Worth Campus North Richland Hills | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 69 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Southwest Texas College Uvalde | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Texas Southmost College Brownsville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Texas Southmost College Brownsville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 20 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Tulsa Welding School-Dallas Campus Irving | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Tulsa Welding School-Houston Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 130 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 79 |
| Universal Technical Institute-West Texas Austin | 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.