HVAC Technical Institute
For-profit College in Chicago, IL.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. The 24:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 405 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 405 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,968 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,187 at $0–30k against $24,268 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 54% get grants averaging $4,337, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 60% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 104 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,187 |
| $30–48k | $20,954 |
| $48–75k | $21,074 |
| $75–110k | $22,869 |
| $110k+ | $24,268 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 243 of these 405 students, totalling $1,282,324 — an average of $5,277 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)