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HVAC Schools in Texas
Texas has 64 HVAC programs in our files: 64 at colleges and career schools in IPEDS.
Programs
64
all sources
Median pay
$57,760
HVAC and refrigeration mechanics and installers, BLS May 2025; U.S. $61,010
Middle program cost
$19,861
17 programs report one, IPEDS
On the WIOA list
193
HVAC programs, U.S. DOL file
By metro area
- Houston area12 programs · median pay $58,940
- Dallas area11 programs · median pay $59,560
- Austin area5 programs · median pay $60,820
- San Antonio area4 programs · median pay $58,590
- Beaumont area3 programs · median pay $56,720
- Brownsville area3 programs · median pay $47,910
Every HVAC program in Texas
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Career Institute | Arlington | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 |
| Austin Career Institute | Austin | Certificate | $18,495 | 8 months | 64 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 85 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Dallas | Irving | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 |
| Blinn College DistrictWIOA list | Brenham | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 25 |
| Brazosport CollegeWIOA list | Lake Jackson | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 |
| Central Texas College | Killeen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 58 |
| Cisco College | Cisco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 16 |
| Collin County Community College DistrictWIOA list | McKinney | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 214 |
| CyberTex Institute of Technology | Austin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 12 |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 124 |
| Del Mar CollegeWIOA list | Corpus Christi | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 128 |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 49 |
| Fortis CollegeWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $19,861 | 12 months | 41 |
| Fortis Institute | Houston | Certificate | $19,861 | 12 months | 36 |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 28 |
| Grayson CollegeWIOA list | Denison | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 35 |
| Hill College | Hillsboro | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 12 |
| Houston Community College | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 37 |
| Howard CollegeWIOA list | Big Spring | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 15 |
| Interactive College of Technology | Pasadena | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 31 |
| Kilgore College | Kilgore | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 18 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology | Beaumont | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 |
| Lamar State College-Orange | Orange | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 |
| Lamar State College-Port ArthurWIOA list | Port Arthur | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 32 |
| Lamson InstituteWIOA list | San Antonio | Certificate | $17,010 | 11 months | 89 |
| Laredo College | Laredo | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 166 |
| Lee College | Baytown | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 34 |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | Certificate | $29,937 | 12 months | 168 |
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 216 |
| Midland College | Midland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 21 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington | Arlington | Certificate | $19,040 | 10 months | 52 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Certificate | $18,790 | 10 months | 64 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen | McAllen | Certificate | $18,790 | 10 months | 120 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-San Antonio | San Antonio | Certificate | $18,790 | 10 months | 67 |
| North Central Texas CollegeWIOA list | Gainesville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 24 |
| Panola College | Carthage | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 13 |
| Paris Junior CollegeWIOA list | Paris | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 24 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 14 |
| Remington College-Fort Worth Campus | North Richland Hills | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 13 |
| Remington College-North Houston Campus | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 1 |
| Remington College-Online Dallas | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 |
| San Jacinto Community CollegeWIOA list | Pasadena | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 114 |
| South Plains CollegeWIOA list | Levelland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 93 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville | Brownsville | Certificate | $19,040 | 10 months | 5 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Austin | Austin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 29 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen | Harlingen | Certificate | $20,025 | 10 months | 67 |
| Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio | San Antonio | Certificate | $20,025 | 9 months | 208 |
| Southwest Texas CollegeWIOA list | Uvalde | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 53 |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 91 |
| Tarrant County College DistrictWIOA list | Fort Worth | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 66 |
| Texarkana College | Texarkana | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 66 |
| Texas Southmost CollegeWIOA list | Brownsville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 21 |
| Texas State Technical CollegeWIOA list | Waco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 95 |
| Trinity Valley Community CollegeWIOA list | Athens | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 11 |
| Tulsa Welding School-Dallas Campus | Irving | Certificate | $20,025 | 7 months | 35 |
| Tulsa Welding School-HoustonWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $20,025 | 7 months | 203 |
| Tyler Junior CollegeWIOA list | Tyler | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 60 |
| Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. | Houston | Certificate | $23,400 | 10 months | 2 |
| Universal Technical Institute-West Texas | Austin | Certificate | $23,400 | 10 months | 34 |
| Vernon College | Vernon | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 18 |
| Western Technical CollegeWIOA list | El Paso | Associate | $33,969 | 19 months | 95 |
| Wharton County Junior CollegeWIOA list | Wharton | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 47 |
Sources: IPEDS 2024 (programs, completions 2023-24, costs 2024-25). WIOA list: U.S. Department of Labor ETA-9171 file, programs listed June 30, 2025.
Paying for training in Texas
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs from 565 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 193 of them HVAC.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
No Workforce Pell list loaded for Texas yet. What Workforce Pell covers.