HVAC schools in Clarksdale, MS

HVAC Schools in Clarksdale, MS

In Coahoma County, utility gas is the leading home-heating source and 67% 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.

1 associate-level programSchool information checked September 19, 2026

What should you know about HVAC training in Clarksdale?

You can pursue an associate-level HVAC program at Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale. Compare the cost, schedule, and supervised equipment time with apprenticeships, employer training, and campuses you could realistically reach. BLS does not publish a local HVAC wage estimate for this market, so statewide pay is useful only as a broad comparison.

Program choice
Coahoma Community College: Associate's
Pay geography
Mississippi statewide figures are used only as broad context
Local systems
Coahoma County: utility gas is the leading home-heating source

What matters around Clarksdale

Older buildings make controls and retrofit practice worth a close look

When you compare HVAC training in Clarksdale, use the school curriculum, the equipment found across Coahoma County, the wider job market, and the weekly trip to class as one decision.

Equipment context

Connect Coahoma County's gas-heating mix to lab practice

In Coahoma County, utility gas is the leading home-heating source and 67% 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.

Training choice

Look closely at what Coahoma Community College actually teaches

Coahoma Community College's program page puts the most emphasis on heating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics, refrigeration and refrigerant systems, and hands-on, shop, or laboratory work. Ask which equipment you will use, how instructors assess that work, and how many scheduled hours take place in a lab or shop.

Local career market

Build a local pay picture from current job ads

BLS does not publish a local HVAC wage estimate for this market, so statewide pay is useful only as a broad comparison. Save current entry-level postings within your travel radius and compare their pay, experience, schedule, and certification requirements.

Career context for your Clarksdale decision

How to use Mississippi pay when local figures are unavailable

The NCES campus record places this training option in Coahoma County. BLS did not publish a May 2025 HVAC wage estimate for that local labor market, so the statewide figures below are the closest reliable comparison. They are not a claim about wages in Clarksdale.

HVACR employment2,700estimated jobs statewide
10th percentile$36,160not a promised starting wage
Median wage$48,68020% below the U.S. median
90th percentile$76,240experienced-worker range

Build your own Clarksdale job-market snapshot

Save ten current HVAC job postings within the distance you could realistically travel from Clarksdale. Note the pay range, experience, driver's-license rules, on-call schedule, systems, and certifications. That local sample will tell you more about nearby entry requirements than the statewide median alone.

The systems behind local service calls

Older homes are a major part of Coahoma County's HVAC landscape

Across Coahoma County, the 2024 American Community Survey estimates that 67% of housing units were built before 1980. It also identifies utility gas as the leading heating source, used by about 54% of occupied homes. Those facts do not predict hiring, but they point to the mix of systems a technician working around Clarksdale may encounter.

Built before 198067%of county housing units
Utility gas heat54%of occupied homes
Electric heat35%of occupied homes
Oil or propane heat9%combined county share

What to look for in an HVAC lab

Ask where the Clarksdale program teaches combustion safety, furnaces, venting, gas controls, airflow, and carbon-monoxide testing.

Because older homes make up a large share of Coahoma 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 Clarksdale and Coahoma County

The NCES campus record places Coahoma Community College in Coahoma County. The campus is outside a metropolitan or micropolitan area with its own BLS estimate. Use the nearby city guides to decide which other campuses are realistic trips from Clarksdale.

Include the county and nearby cities in your search

HVAC employers may advertise the same service territory under Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Farrell, Bobo, Dublin, 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 Clarksdale 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

Farrell, Bobo, Dublin, Rena Lara 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.

Farrellabout 6 miles direct from the campus location
Boboabout 10 miles direct from the campus location
Dublinabout 13 miles direct from the campus location
Rena Laraabout 14 miles direct from the campus location
Tutwilerabout 18 miles direct from the campus location
Darlingabout 18 miles direct from the campus location

Local HVAC programs

HVAC training at Coahoma Community College

Review the program focus below, then check the college's own page for the next start date, total price, class schedule, and campus.

Curriculum highlights

What Coahoma Community College includes in its HVAC program

These details come from Coahoma Community College's HVAC page. Ask Coahoma Community College whether the courses you want will run during your start term.

Associate's · Public

Coahoma Community College

  • Leading to a College Credit Certificate
  • Leading to a Technical Certificate
  • Leading to an Advanced Technical Certificate
  • Leading to an A.A.S Degree
  • Certificates, Degrees, and Certifications
  • College Credit Certificate
Read the school's current program information

Before you choose a program

Four things to check before training in Clarksdale

Coahoma Community College offers the HVAC and Refrigeration. A college degree is only one route into HVAC, so compare Coahoma Community College's cost, schedule, and equipment time with registered apprenticeships, employer training, and other schools that serve Clarksdale.

  1. Match training to the local market. Because BLS does not publish a local HVAC estimate for this market, compare current Clarksdale-area postings with the Mississippi range instead of treating the statewide median as local pay.
  2. Match the lab to local systems. Ask where the Clarksdale program teaches combustion safety, furnaces, venting, gas controls, airflow, and carbon-monoxide testing. Because older homes make up a large share of Coahoma County's housing, ask how students practice retrofit work: existing duct constraints, older electrical service, equipment replacement, ventilation, and diagnosing altered systems.
  3. Test the weekly travel plan. The closest college covered in these guides is in Senatobia, about 43 straight-line miles away. From Clarksdale, that may be too far for a daily commute but close enough to compare program length, lab access, and block scheduling.
  4. Dig into the main subject area. Coahoma 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 HVAC and Refrigeration provides.

What you can study

HVAC subjects offered by the Clarksdale schools

Coahoma Community College includes these subjects in its program information. Ask Coahoma Community College how much class and lab time each one receives.

Program focusAirflow, ventilation, and ductwork
Program focusCommercial or industrial systems
Program focusControls, thermostats, and automation
Program focusElectrical systems and schematics
Program focusHands-on, shop, or laboratory work
Program focusHeating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics
Program focusRefrigeration and refrigerant systems
Program focusResidential heating and cooling

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