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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

8 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 575 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Stony Brook, New York, this large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook also took the #2 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Stony Brook is $18,186 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at SUNY Stony Brook

#2

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salisbury University landed the #2 spot on the list. Salisbury University is a medium-sized school located in Salisbury, Maryland that handed out 22 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k list, Salisbury has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Salisbury is $19,190 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Salisbury University Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#3

York College of Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York College of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in York, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

YCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $17,909 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend York College of Pennsylvania.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at YCP

#4

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carlow University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Carlow is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 18 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Carlow did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,585 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Carlow University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Carlow University Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#5

Gannon University

Erie, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gannon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Gannon is a small school located in Erie, Pennsylvania that handed out 13 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Gannon also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $20,195 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Gannon University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Gannon University

#6

Gwynedd Mercy University

Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Gwynedd Mercy University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Gwynedd Mercy University is a small school located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania that handed out 9 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Gwynedd - Mercy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Gwynedd Mercy University is $23,055 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Gwynedd Mercy University

#7

LIU Post

Brookville, New York
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, LIU Post did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. LIU Post is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brookville, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LIU Post not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $26,979 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend LIU Post.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at LIU Post

#8 in overall quality

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #8. IUP is a public institution located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

IUP also took the #8 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is $22,689 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at IUP

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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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