HVAC SCHOOLS IN TEXAS — Federal Data, September 2026
HVAC Schools in Texas, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
10 accredited institutions in Texas report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 10 ranked programs in Texas, the median graduate needs 4.6 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $12,552, against median earnings of $30,936 one year after completion.
That is slower than the national median of 3.9 months for this field, measured across the 191 institutions in our national HVAC schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Lone Star College System in The Woodlands, at 2.1 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Texas institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about HVAC schools in Texas
The Ranking
10 HVAC schools in Texas, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, TX | Public | Certificate | 2.1 | $5,500 | $32,070 | 21% |
| 2 | Lamson InstituteSan Antonio, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.7 | $9,316 | $41,695 | 80% |
| 3 | Miller-Motte College-STVT-ArlingtonArlington, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 3.8 | $12,139 | $38,043 | 84% |
| 4 | Dallas CollegeDallas, TX | Public | Certificate | 4.0 | $9,720 | $28,849 | 32% |
| 5 | Texarkana CollegeTexarkana, TX | Public | Certificate | 4.3 | $10,500 | $29,535 | 47% |
| 6 | Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas, TX | nonprofit | Certificate | 4.9 | $12,965 | $31,763 | 38% |
| 7 | Remington College-Fort Worth CampusNorth Richland Hills, TX | nonprofit | Certificate | 4.9 | $12,965 | $31,763 | 45% |
| 8 | Fortis CollegeHouston, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.2 | $13,000 | $30,110 | 64% |
| 9 | Fortis InstituteHouston, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.2 | $13,000 | $30,110 | 67% |
| 10 | Houston City CollegeHouston, TX | Public | Certificate | 8.7 | $19,000 | $26,250 | 17% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Texas, one by one
Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX
Lone Star College System is a public institution in The Woodlands. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $5,500 and report median earnings of $32,070 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.1 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 2.5 months faster than the Texas state median of 4.6. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 21% completion rate.
Lamson Institute
San Antonio, TX
Lamson Institute is a private for-profit institution in San Antonio. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,316 and report median earnings of $41,695 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.7 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.9 months faster than the Texas state median of 4.6. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 80% completion rate.
Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington
Arlington, TX
Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington is a private for-profit institution in Arlington. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $12,139 and report median earnings of $38,043 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.8 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 0.8 months faster than the Texas state median of 4.6. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 84% completion rate.
Dallas College
Dallas, TX
Dallas College is a public institution in Dallas. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,720 and report median earnings of $28,849 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.0 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 0.6 months faster than the Texas state median of 4.6. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 32% completion rate.
Texarkana College
Texarkana, TX
Texarkana College is a public institution in Texarkana. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $10,500 and report median earnings of $29,535 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.3 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 0.3 months faster than the Texas state median of 4.6. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 47% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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