Undergraduate certificate · Nashville, Tennessee

Is Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) at Remington College-Nashville Campus worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $42,207; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $42,605; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $13,787; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $24k (likely $24k – $31k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6.6 years (likely 4.4–14.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$24k (likely −$49k – −$1k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $8k (likely −$37k – $51k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 46%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26