HVAC schools in Minneapolis, MN
The local program pages put the most emphasis on heating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics, hands-on, shop, or laboratory work, and refrigeration and refrigerant systems. Check how each school turns those subjects into lab work, assessments, and an attainable weekly schedule.
2 associate-level programsSchool information checked September 19, 2026
Minneapolis has 2 associate-level HVAC programs: Dunwoody College of Technology and Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Compare the credentials, course sequence, and lab schedule before you choose. BLS reports a May 2025 median wage of $77,490 for HVACR mechanics and installers across Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
What matters around Minneapolis
When you compare HVAC training in Minneapolis, use the school curriculum, the equipment found across Hennepin County, the wider job market, and the weekly trip to class as one decision.
Training choice
The local program pages put the most emphasis on heating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics, hands-on, shop, or laboratory work, and refrigeration and refrigerant systems. Check how each school turns those subjects into lab work, assessments, and an attainable weekly schedule.
Local career market
BLS reports a May 2025 median wage of $77,490 for HVACR mechanics and installers across Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. HVAC work accounts for a smaller share of local employment than it does nationally, so compare openings across the wider commuting area.
Equipment context
In Hennepin County, utility gas is the leading home-heating source and 60% 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
The local median was $77,490 in May 2025, 1% above the statewide median. Pay varies by experience, specialty, employer, schedule, and credentials, so use the full range when weighing training costs against future earnings.
BLS estimates about 2,420 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 Minneapolis will earn.
The systems behind local service calls
Across Hennepin County, the 2024 American Community Survey estimates that 60% of housing units were built before 1980. It also identifies utility gas as the leading heating source, used by about 75% of occupied homes. Those facts do not predict hiring, but they point to the mix of systems a technician working around Minneapolis may encounter.
Ask where the Minneapolis program teaches combustion safety, furnaces, venting, gas controls, airflow, and carbon-monoxide testing.
Because older homes make up a large share of Hennepin 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
The NCES campus record places these 2 schools in Hennepin 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 Minneapolis.
HVAC employers may advertise the same service territory under Minneapolis, Hennepin County, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, 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 Minneapolis 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.
St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal 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.
Also in Hennepin County
The Brooklyn Park guide covers one associate-level HVAC program. Compare the actual drive and weekly schedule with training in Minneapolis.
Also in the same BLS labor market
The White Bear Lake guide covers one associate-level HVAC program. Compare the actual drive and weekly schedule with training in Minneapolis.
Also in the same BLS labor market
The Rosemount guide covers one associate-level HVAC program. Compare the actual drive and weekly schedule with training in Minneapolis.
About 60 miles from Minneapolis
The Saint Cloud guide covers one associate-level HVAC program. Compare the actual drive and weekly schedule with training in Minneapolis.
About 67 miles from Minneapolis
The North Mankato guide covers one associate-level HVAC program. Compare the actual drive and weekly schedule with training in Minneapolis.
About 88 miles from Minneapolis
The Eau Claire guide covers one associate-level HVAC program. Compare the actual drive and weekly schedule with training in Minneapolis.
Local HVAC programs
Compare what each college teaches, then use the school links to confirm the next start date, total price, class schedule, and campus.
Private nonprofit · Associate's
HVAC & Refrigeration Technology - Dunwoody College is an associate-level HVAC route. The curriculum emphasizes heating and hydronic systems, lab and shop work, refrigerant systems, and commercial systems.
Public · Associate's
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration | Minneapolis Community & Technical College is an associate-level HVAC route. The curriculum emphasizes airflow and ductwork, refrigerant systems, diagnostics and troubleshooting, and heating and hydronic systems.
Curriculum highlights
These details come from the Minneapolis colleges' HVAC pages. Use them to narrow your choices, then ask each school which courses will run during your start term.
Associate's · Private nonprofit
Associate's · Public
Before you choose a program
Minneapolis has 2 associate-level programs to compare: Dunwoody College of Technology and Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Put their course sequences, weekly lab schedules, credentials, and complete prices side by side.
Dunwoody College of Technology: Associate's; the curriculum emphasizes heating and hydronic systems, lab and shop work, refrigerant systems, and commercial systems.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College: Associate's; the curriculum emphasizes airflow and ductwork, refrigerant systems, diagnostics and troubleshooting, and heating and hydronic systems.
What you can study
These subjects appear across the Minneapolis college program pages. Compare the course sequence and lab schedule to see how deeply each school covers them.