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HVAC Schools in the Dallas area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area
Programs
22
10 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$59,560
HVAC and refrigeration mechanics and installers, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$2,700
of 14 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS
HVAC Schools in the Dallas area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 22 programs: 11 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 11 known only from the WIOA list
- Distance from Dallas
- 10 within 10 miles; nearest 3.5 miles, farthest 52.2 miles
- Listed program cost
- 14 of 22 list one: $2,700 to $40,000, middle $11,900 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
- Program length
- 3 colleges list a length: 7 months to 12 months (IPEDS)
- Length on the WIOA list
- 2 listed programs give weeks: 1 to 8 weeks full time
- Completions, 2023-24
- 686 HVAC awards at the 8 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 14 of 22 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 70% of exiters employed in the second quarter (9 report it); middle completion 97% (9 report it)
- Pay here
- $59,560 median for HVAC and refrigeration mechanics and installers ($28.63 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $40,290 to $84,880; 10,910 employed in the metro area; Texas median $57,760 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
HVAC programs, nearest to Dallas first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Dallas | Irving | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 3.5 |
| Lindsey Cooper Refrigeration SchoolWIOA list | Irving | WIOA list only | $8,032 | Not reported | 3.5 | |
| Tech Zone HVAC-R Air Conditioning & Refrigeration SchoolWIOA list | Irving | WIOA list only | $2,700 | Not reported | 3.5 | |
| Tulsa Welding School-Dallas Campus | Irving | Certificate | $20,025 | 7 months | 35 | 3.8 |
| Construction Education Foundation INC.WIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $9,784 | Not reported | 5.8 | |
| Arlington Career Institute | Arlington | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 6.1 |
| ForgeNowWIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $12,000 | Not reported | 7.2 | |
| Impact InstituteWIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $10,000 | Not reported | 7.2 | |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington | Arlington | Certificate | $19,040 | 10 months | 52 | 8.9 |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | Certificate | $29,937 | 12 months | 168 | 9.2 |
| Premier Technical InstituteWIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $3,601 | Not reported | 10.8 | |
| Careers Institute of AmericaWIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $11,900 | Not reported | 11.8 | |
| Rboc INC. (rebuilding Our Community)WIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $3,500 | Not reported | 12.4 | |
| Dallas CollegeWIOA list | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 124 | 12.8 |
| Remington College-Fort Worth Campus | North Richland Hills | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 13 | 14.0 |
| The Kenza InstituteWIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $40,000 | Not reported | 16.2 | |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 14 | 16.7 |
| Remington College-Online Dallas | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 16.7 |
| Tarrant County College DistrictWIOA list | Fort Worth | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 66 | 20.1 |
| CLC IncorporatedWIOA list | Fort Worth | WIOA list only | $4,750 | Not reported | 30.2 | |
| Collin County Community College DistrictWIOA list | McKinney | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 214 | 31.3 |
| Perfect Technician AcademyWIOA list | Weatherford | WIOA list only | $17,100 | Not reported | 52.2 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 193 of them HVAC.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Texas metro areas
- Houston area17 programs
- Austin area7 programs
- San Antonio area6 programs
- Beaumont area3 programs
- Brownsville area3 programs