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2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Respiratory Care Therapy is the 112th most popular major in the country with 7,025 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school. 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 $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. SUNY Stony Brook is a large public school situated in Stony Brook, New York. It awarded 23 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 $75-$110k list, SUNY Stony Brook has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stony Brook University is $19,703 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at SUNY Stony Brook

#2

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Salisbury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $22,193 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Salisbury University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Salisbury Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#3

York College of Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania
#3 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, York College of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. York College of Pennsylvania is a small school located in York, Pennsylvania that handed out 13 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

YCP also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend YCP is $22,456 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Full YCP Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#4

LIU Post

Brookville, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Brookville, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

LIU Post also took the #6 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend LIU Post is $29,009 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at LIU Post

#5

Gannon University

Erie, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gannon University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Gannon University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Erie, Pennsylvania. It awarded 13 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Gannon also took the #7 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $23,998 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Gannon.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Gannon Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#6

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Carlow University 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 $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 18 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 $75-$110k list, Carlow has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Carlow University is $22,325 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#7

Gwynedd Mercy University

Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Gwynedd Mercy University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students 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. It costs about $26,030 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Gwynedd - Mercy.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Gwynedd Mercy University

#8 in overall quality

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. IUP is a fairly large school located in Indiana, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUP, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $25,535 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend IUP.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

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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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