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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

6 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master's For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,025 people earned their degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great respiratory care therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Texas State

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #2 spot on the list. WSU is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $19,022.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at WSU

#3

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large school located in Youngstown, Ohio that handed out 7 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Youngstown State University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Youngstown State University are $9,495, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Youngstown State University

#4

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Canisius College landed the #4 spot on the list. Canisius College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Canisius also took the #6 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Canisius are $15,870.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Canisius College

#5

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 11 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Charlotte, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at UNC Charlotte

#6

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Bellarmine University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

Bellarmine U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bellarmine University are $16,645.

Full Bellarmine University Respiratory Care Therapy Report

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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