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Rockingham Community College

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

Wentworth, North Carolina · Public · SOC 49-9021

Net price, per year
$2,060

Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.

Published tuition
$1,966 in-state · $6,574 out

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Completion rate
35%

Finished within 150% of normal time. Institution-wide, all programmes.

Earnings, 10 years after starting
$32,480

Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this programme.

Credential
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Four years from now

This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $2,060 in net price.

We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The North Carolina median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

What hvacs earn in North Carolina

$57,260median, per year

Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $61,010.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 49-9021 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

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