HVAC programs in Minnesota on the federal training list, by published cost

31 programs in Minnesota’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for HVAC (49-9021). Published costs run from $1,720 to $52,052; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.

Read this first. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved. No promise is made here about money, seats, jobs or pay; the figures are what the providers reported, printed with their dates.

Programs on the list31

With a published cost31 of 31

With an employment figure31 of 31

Median published cost$7,234

Filter by city, ZIP, provider or program:31 rows

#	Published cost basis	Program (provider’s page) · credential · code	Provider · city	Length	Exited	Completed	Employed Q2 after exit	Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter)
1	$1,720tuition + fees + supplies	Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning EquipmentSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 1-29 semester or trimester credits or 1-44 quarter credits or 1-899 contact hours · 49-9021	Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park 55445	30 wk · 10 hrs	398	79%	85%	$12,616
2	$2,064tuition + fees + supplies	Commercial RefrigerationSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 1-29 semester or trimester credits or 1-44 quarter credits or 1-899 contact hours · 49-9021	Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park 55445	30 wk · 12 hrs	398	79%	85%	$12,616
3	$3,052tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Cond.& Refrig GeneralistSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 1-29 semester or trimester credits or 1-44 quarter credits or 1-899 contact hours · 49-9021	Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis 55403	30 wk · 18 hrs	89	51%	81%	$12,827
4	$4,602tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning/RefrigSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 1-29 semester or trimester credits or 1-44 quarter credits or 1-899 contact hours · 49-9021	South Central CollegeNorth Mankato 56003	30 wk · 26 hrs	60	55%	87%	$8,467
5	$4,602tuition + fees + supplies	Refrigeration TechnologySub-bachelor's postsecondary award 1-29 semester or trimester credits or 1-44 quarter credits or 1-899 contact hours · 49-9021	South Central CollegeNorth Mankato 56003	30 wk · 26 hrs	60	55%	87%	$8,467
6	$5,290tuition + fees + supplies	HeatingSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake 55110	60 wk · 30 hrs	234	67%	78%	$12,076
7	$5,290tuition + fees + supplies	CoolingSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake 55110	60 wk · 30 hrs	234	67%	78%	$12,076
8	$5,333tuition + fees + supplies	Commercial Heating Ventilation AC RefrigerationSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park 55445	60 wk · 31 hrs	398	79%	85%	$12,616
9	$5,849tuition + fees + supplies	Residential Heating Ventilation Air ConditioningSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park 55445	60 wk · 34 hrs	398	79%	85%	$12,616
10	$6,077tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Air Conditioning Refrigeration ResidentialSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	St. Cloud Technical & Community CollegeSt. Cloud 56303	60 wk · 35 hrs	82	87%	93%	$11,769
11	$6,144tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning RefrigerationSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls 56537	60 wk · 35 hrs	183	81%	46%	$10,006
12	$6,144tuition + fees + supplies	Advanced HVAC RSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls 56537	60 wk · 35 hrs	183	81%	46%	$10,006
13	$6,270tuition + fees + supplies	Heating and Cooling TechnicianSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Minnesota North CollegeHibbing 55746	60 wk · 35 hrs	16	100%	81%	$9,446
14	$6,704tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation and Air ConditioningSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls 56701	60 wk · 37 hrs	63	84%	27%	$7,382
15	$7,121tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning & RefrigSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis 55403	60 wk · 42 hrs	89	51%	81%	$12,827
16	$7,234tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and RefrigSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount 55068	60 wk · 39 hrs	93	76%	84%	$10,513
17	$7,788tuition + fees + supplies	HVAC/R - FoundationSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	South Central CollegeNorth Mankato 56003	60 wk · 44 hrs	60	55%	87%	$8,467
18	$8,463tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Vent Air Condition and Refrig TechnicianSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 30-59 semester or trimester credits or 45-89 quarter credits 900-1799 contact hours · 49-9021	Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake 55110	60 wk · 48 hrs	234	67%	78%	$12,076
19	$10,579tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Vent Air Condition and Refrig TechnologyAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake 55110	120 wk · 50 hrs	190	48%	77%	$10,132
20	$10,619tuition + fees + supplies	HVAC/R - AdvancedSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 60 credits or more or 90 quarter credits or more or 1 800 contact hours or more · 49-9021	South Central CollegeNorth Mankato 56003	120 wk · 50 hrs	60	55%	87%	$8,467
21	$11,129tuition + fees + supplies	HVAC/RAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount 55068	120 wk · 50 hrs	4	—	100%	$12,780
22	$11,394tuition + fees + supplies	Commercial Refrigeration/HVACSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 60 credits or more or 90 quarter credits or more or 1 800 contact hours or more · 49-9021	Northwest Technical CollegeBemidji 56601	120 wk · 50 hrs	25	56%	92%	$10,164
23	$11,460tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Air Conditioning Refrigeration- CommercialSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 60 credits or more or 90 quarter credits or more or 1 800 contact hours or more · 49-9021	St. Cloud Technical & Community CollegeSt. Cloud 56303	120 wk · 50 hrs	82	87%	93%	$11,769
24	$11,762tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning & RefrigerationSub-bachelor's postsecondary award 60 credits or more or 90 quarter credits or more or 1 800 contact hours or more · 49-9021	Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls 56537	120 wk · 50 hrs	183	81%	46%	$10,006
25	$12,208tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning & RefrigAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis 55403	120 wk · 50 hrs	165	48%	79%	$12,736
26	$12,387tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation AC and RefrigerationAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park 55445	120 wk · 50 hrs	337	45%	85%	$12,592
27	$12,501tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Air Conditioning Refrigeration- CommercialAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	St. Cloud Technical & Community CollegeSt. Cloud 56303	120 wk · 50 hrs	50	70%	98%	$13,943
28	$12,683tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning/ConstrucAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls 56701	120 wk · 50 hrs	15	27%	27%	$626
29	$12,743tuition + fees + supplies	Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning/RefrigAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	South Central CollegeNorth Mankato 56003	120 wk · 50 hrs	89	44%	90%	$8,758
30	$51,959tuition + fees + supplies	HVAC Installation & Residential ServiceAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis 55403	120 wk · 50 hrs	140	73%	88%	$11,816
31	$52,052tuition + fees + supplies	HVACR Systems ServicingAssociate's degree such as A.A. A.S. and others · 49-9021	Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis 55403	120 wk · 50 hrs	140	73%	88%	$11,816

Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (3,787 programs for Minnesota in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.

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