Lansing Community College's program page puts the most emphasis on heating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics, service, diagnostics, and troubleshooting, and controls, thermostats, and automation. Ask which equipment you will use, how instructors assess that work, and how many scheduled hours take place in a lab or shop.
1 associate-level programSchool information checked September 19, 2026
What should you know about HVAC training in Lansing?
You can pursue an associate-level HVAC program at Lansing Community College in Lansing. Compare the cost, schedule, and supervised equipment time with apprenticeships, employer training, and campuses you could realistically reach. BLS reports a May 2025 median wage of $60,440 for HVACR mechanics and installers across Lansing-East Lansing, MI.
Program choice
Lansing Community College: Associate's
Pay geography
Lansing-East Lansing, MI: $60,440 median
Local systems
Ingham County: utility gas is the leading home-heating source
What matters around Lansing
Confirm which work can be done online and when you must be in the lab
When you compare HVAC training in Lansing, use the school curriculum, the equipment found across Ingham County, the wider job market, and the weekly trip to class as one decision.
Training choice
Look closely at what Lansing Community College actually teaches
Lansing Community College's program page puts the most emphasis on heating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics, service, diagnostics, and troubleshooting, and controls, thermostats, and automation. Ask which equipment you will use, how instructors assess that work, and how many scheduled hours take place in a lab or shop.
Nearby area
Search beyond the Lansing city limit
East Lansing, Edgemont Park, Waverly, DeWitt are among the nearby communities worth including when you compare campus travel and employer service areas.
Equipment context
Connect Ingham County's gas-heating mix to lab practice
In Ingham County, utility gas is the leading home-heating source and 65% of housing was built before 1980, which helps frame the equipment and retrofit skills worth asking to see in the lab. Ask to see where students practice combustion safety, venting, gas controls, airflow, and carbon-monoxide testing.
Local HVAC career numbers
What HVAC technicians earn in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI
The local median was $60,440 in May 2025, 1% below the statewide median. Pay varies by experience, specialty, employer, schedule, and credentials, so use the full range when weighing training costs against future earnings.
HVACR employment490estimated jobs in the labor market
10th percentile$40,030not a promised starting wage
Median wage$60,440half earned more, half less
90th percentile$93,480experienced-worker range
How to read the local job market
BLS estimates about 490 HVACR mechanics and installers work across this labor market. HVAC work represents a smaller share of local employment than it does nationally, even though employers still hire for the occupation.
The BLS estimate covers wage-and-salary workers across all industries in the local market. It does not count current openings or self-employed contractors, and it cannot predict what a new graduate in Lansing will earn.
The systems behind local service calls
Older homes are a major part of Ingham County's HVAC landscape
Across Ingham County, the 2024 American Community Survey estimates that 65% of housing units were built before 1980. It also identifies utility gas as the leading heating source, used by about 69% of occupied homes. Those facts do not predict hiring, but they point to the mix of systems a technician working around Lansing may encounter.
Built before 198065%of county housing units
Utility gas heat69%of occupied homes
Electric heat21%of occupied homes
Oil or propane heat8%combined county share
What to look for in an HVAC lab
Ask where the Lansing program teaches combustion safety, furnaces, venting, gas controls, airflow, and carbon-monoxide testing.
Because older homes make up a large share of Ingham County's housing, ask how students practice retrofit work: existing duct constraints, older electrical service, equipment replacement, ventilation, and diagnosing altered systems.
Your local training radius
HVAC schools near Lansing and Ingham County
The NCES campus record places Lansing Community College in Ingham County. BLS includes this location in a wider metropolitan or micropolitan labor market. Use the nearby city guides to decide which other campuses are realistic trips from Lansing.
Include the county and nearby cities in your search
HVAC employers may advertise the same service territory under Lansing, Ingham County, East Lansing, Edgemont Park, Waverly, or the wider labor-market name. Include those place names when you compare entry-level openings, travel expectations, and on-call coverage.
The distances from Lansing are straight-line estimates based on NCES campus coordinates, not driving miles. Check each route and class schedule before deciding which campus you could reach every week.
Nearby communities to include when you compare training
East Lansing, Edgemont Park, Waverly, DeWitt and the other communities below are close enough to include in a practical training search. They are nearby places, not claims of additional campuses. Use the distances to shortlist routes, then check actual drive times for the hours you would attend.
East Lansingabout 4 miles direct from the campus location
Edgemont Parkabout 2 miles direct from the campus location
Waverlyabout 4 miles direct from the campus location
DeWittabout 7 miles direct from the campus location
Holtabout 7 miles direct from the campus location
Okemosabout 7 miles direct from the campus location
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Technology - Lansing Community College is an associate-level HVAC route. The curriculum emphasizes heating and hydronic systems, diagnostics and troubleshooting, controls and automation, and refrigerant systems.
What Lansing Community College includes in its HVAC program
These details come from Lansing Community College's HVAC page. Ask Lansing Community College whether the courses you want will run during your start term.
Associate's · Public
Lansing Community College
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Technology
West Campus
Degrees and Certificates Offered
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Lansing Community College offers the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Technology - Lansing Community College. A college degree is only one route into HVAC, so compare Lansing Community College's cost, schedule, and equipment time with registered apprenticeships, employer training, and other schools that serve Lansing.
Match training to the local market. HVAC employment is less concentrated in this labor market than it is nationally. Search a wider commuting radius and compare whether the program prepares you for residential service, commercial refrigeration, facilities maintenance, or another local hiring lane.
Match the lab to local systems. Ask where the Lansing program teaches combustion safety, furnaces, venting, gas controls, airflow, and carbon-monoxide testing. Because older homes make up a large share of Ingham County's housing, ask how students practice retrofit work: existing duct constraints, older electrical service, equipment replacement, ventilation, and diagnosing altered systems.
Test the weekly travel plan. The closest college covered in these guides is in Ann Arbor, about 56 straight-line miles away. From Lansing, that may be too far for a daily commute but close enough to compare program length, lab access, and block scheduling.
Dig into the main subject area. Lansing Community College emphasizes airflow and ductwork. Ask the college which equipment students use for that work, how instructors assess it, and how much scheduled lab time the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Technology - Lansing Community College provides.
What you can study
HVAC subjects offered by the Lansing schools
Lansing Community College includes these subjects in its program information. Ask Lansing Community College how much class and lab time each one receives.
Program focusAirflow, ventilation, and ductwork
Program focusControls, thermostats, and automation
Program focusHands-on, shop, or laboratory work
Program focusHeating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics
Program focusRefrigeration and refrigerant systems
Program focusService, diagnostics, and troubleshooting