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2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$7,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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 an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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 Virginia, there were 104 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 80 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 Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality respiratory care therapy/therapist programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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 an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Virginia (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our virginia associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid list, Northern Virginia Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $10,005 for Virginia Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students with aid per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

Full Northern Virginia Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#2

Reynolds Community College

Richmond, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Reynolds Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Reynolds Community College is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Reynolds Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Reynolds Community College is $5,961 for virginia associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid.

Full Reynolds Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#3

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $8,408 for Virginia Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students with aid per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Tidewater Community College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Virginia Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

Central Virginia Community College also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $5,610 for Virginia Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students with aid per year to attend Central Virginia Community College.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Central Virginia Community College

#5

Mountain Empire Community College

Big Stone Gap, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mountain Empire Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, this small public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MECC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MECC is $6,062 for virginia associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid.

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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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