HVAC schools in Senatobia, MS

HVAC Schools in Senatobia, MS

Northwest Mississippi Community College's program page puts the most emphasis on heating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics, refrigeration and refrigerant systems, and airflow, ventilation, and ductwork. 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 Senatobia?

You can pursue an associate-level HVAC program at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia. 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 $56,780 for HVACR mechanics and installers across Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

Program choice
Northwest Mississippi Community College: Associate's
Pay geography
Memphis, TN-MS-AR: $56,780 median
Local systems
Tate County: electricity is the leading home-heating source

What matters around Senatobia

The published curriculum points beyond residential heating and cooling

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

Training choice

Look closely at what Northwest Mississippi Community College actually teaches

Northwest Mississippi Community College's program page puts the most emphasis on heating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics, refrigeration and refrigerant systems, and airflow, ventilation, and ductwork. 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

Use Memphis, TN-MS-AR pay, not a national promise

BLS reports a May 2025 median wage of $56,780 for HVACR mechanics and installers across Memphis, TN-MS-AR. The occupation's local employment share is close to the national pattern; current job ads can show which specialties are hiring now.

Equipment context

Connect Tate County's electric-heating mix to lab practice

In Tate County, electricity is the leading home-heating source and 29% 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 the program teaches heat pumps, electrical measurements, airflow, and controls.

Local HVAC career numbers

What HVAC technicians earn in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR

The local median was $56,780 in May 2025, 17% 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.

HVACR employment1,740estimated jobs in the labor market
10th percentile$38,820not a promised starting wage
Median wage$56,780half earned more, half less
90th percentile$87,650experienced-worker range

How to read the local job market

BLS estimates about 1,740 HVACR mechanics and installers work across this labor market. HVAC work represents about the same share of local employment that it does nationally.

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 Senatobia will earn.

The systems behind local service calls

Electric heat leads the occupied-home mix in Tate County

Across Tate County, the 2024 American Community Survey estimates that 29% of housing units were built before 1980. It also identifies electricity as the leading heating source, used by about 57% of occupied homes. Those facts do not predict hiring, but they point to the mix of systems a technician working around Senatobia may encounter.

Built before 198029%of county housing units
Utility gas heat14%of occupied homes
Electric heat57%of occupied homes
Oil or propane heat26%combined county share

What to look for in an HVAC lab

Ask where the Senatobia program covers heat pumps, electric heat, airflow, controls, and the electrical measurements used during diagnosis.

Tate County's newer housing mix makes modern controls, heat-pump applications, commissioning, and current efficiency requirements especially useful topics to compare.

Your local training radius

HVAC schools near Senatobia and Tate County

The NCES campus record places Northwest Mississippi Community College in Tate 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 Senatobia.

Include the county and nearby cities in your search

HVAC employers may advertise the same service territory under Senatobia, Tate County, Coldwater, Arkabutla, Strayhorn, 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 Senatobia 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

Coldwater, Arkabutla, Strayhorn, Independence 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.

Coldwaterabout 4 miles direct from the campus location
Arkabutlaabout 10 miles direct from the campus location
Strayhornabout 10 miles direct from the campus location
Independenceabout 11 miles direct from the campus location
Hernandoabout 16 miles direct from the campus location
Eudoraabout 17 miles direct from the campus location

Local HVAC programs

HVAC training at Northwest Mississippi 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.

Public · Associate's

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology - Northwest Mississippi Community College is an associate-level HVAC route. The curriculum emphasizes heating and hydronic systems, refrigerant systems, airflow and ductwork, and commercial systems.

Credential
Associate of Applied Science
Certification
EPA Section 608 preparation is discussed

Curriculum highlights

What Northwest Mississippi Community College includes in its HVAC program

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

Associate's · Public

Northwest Mississippi Community College

  • Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology
  • Offered at Senatobia campus only
  • Career Certificate
  • Technical Certificate
  • Campus Regulations
  • Powered by Modern Campus Catalog™.
Read the school's current program information

Before you choose a program

Four things to check before training in Senatobia

Northwest Mississippi Community College offers the Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology - Northwest Mississippi Community College. A college degree is only one route into HVAC, so compare Northwest Mississippi Community College's cost, schedule, and equipment time with registered apprenticeships, employer training, and other schools that serve Senatobia.

  1. Match training to the local market. HVAC employment has roughly the same local concentration as the national economy. Compare current openings by system type and schedule so you can tell which part of the trade offers the clearest entry route around Senatobia.
  2. Match the lab to local systems. Ask where the Senatobia program covers heat pumps, electric heat, airflow, controls, and the electrical measurements used during diagnosis. Tate County's newer housing mix makes modern controls, heat-pump applications, commissioning, and current efficiency requirements especially useful topics to compare.
  3. Test the weekly travel plan. Memphis, TN has the closest college covered in these guides, about 31 straight-line miles away. Compare the drive from Senatobia and both class schedules before deciding which campus is easier to reach each week.
  4. Dig into the main subject area. Northwest Mississippi 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, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology - Northwest Mississippi Community College provides.

What you can study

HVAC subjects offered by the Senatobia schools

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

Program focusAirflow, ventilation, and ductwork
Program focusCommercial or industrial systems
Program focusElectrical systems and schematics
Program focusEPA Section 608 preparation or testing
Program focusHeating, furnaces, boilers, or hydronics
Program focusRefrigeration and refrigerant systems
Program focusResidential heating and cooling
Program focusService, diagnostics, and troubleshooting

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