HVAC SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN — Federal Data, September 2026
HVAC Schools in Michigan, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
6 accredited institutions in Michigan 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 6 ranked programs in Michigan, the median graduate needs 3.4 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $9,500, against median earnings of $33,265 one year after completion.
That is faster 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 Dorsey College in Madison Heights, at 3.4 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Michigan institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about HVAC schools in Michigan
The Ranking
6 HVAC schools in Michigan, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorsey CollegeMadison Heights, MI | for-profit | Certificate | 3.4 | $9,500 | $33,265 | 54% |
| 2 | Dorsey College-WayneWayne, MI | for-profit | Certificate | 3.4 | $9,500 | $33,265 | 50% |
| 3 | Dorsey College-RosevilleRoseville, MI | for-profit | Certificate | 3.4 | $9,500 | $33,265 | 35% |
| 4 | Dorsey College-SaginawSaginaw, MI | for-profit | Certificate | 3.4 | $9,500 | $33,265 | 65% |
| 5 | Dorsey College-WoodhavenWoodhaven, MI | for-profit | Certificate | 3.4 | $9,500 | $33,265 | 48% |
| 6 | Universal Technical Institute-CantonCanton, MI | for-profit | Certificate | 4.1 | $12,225 | $35,713 | 64% |
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 Michigan, one by one
Dorsey College
Madison Heights, MI
Dorsey College is a private for-profit institution in Madison Heights. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $33,265 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.4 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and right on the Michigan state median of 3.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 54% completion rate.
Dorsey College-Wayne
Wayne, MI
Dorsey College-Wayne is a private for-profit institution in Wayne. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $33,265 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.4 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and right on the Michigan state median of 3.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 50% completion rate.
Dorsey College-Roseville
Roseville, MI
Dorsey College-Roseville is a private for-profit institution in Roseville. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $33,265 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.4 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and right on the Michigan state median of 3.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 35% completion rate.
Dorsey College-Saginaw
Saginaw, MI
Dorsey College-Saginaw is a private for-profit institution in Saginaw. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $33,265 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.4 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and right on the Michigan state median of 3.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 65% completion rate.
Dorsey College-Woodhaven
Woodhaven, MI
Dorsey College-Woodhaven is a private for-profit institution in Woodhaven. Its HVAC graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $33,265 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.4 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and right on the Michigan state median of 3.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 48% 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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