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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in Oregon

2 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

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 an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

Across Oregon, there were 69 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 45 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent respiratory care therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in Oregon

#1

Mt. Hood Community College

Gresham, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. Hood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. MHCC is a medium-sized school located in Gresham, Oregon that handed out 18 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

MHCC also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $8,647 for Oregon Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Mt. Hood Community College.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concorde Career College - Portland. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 27 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Concorde Career College - Portland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Concorde Career College - Portland is $26,307 for Oregon Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

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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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