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2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

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.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 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.

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 Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. WSU is a large school located in Ogden, Utah that handed out 5 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid list, WSU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Weber State University are $19,022, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Weber State University

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 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 Texas State are $17,040.

Full Texas State University Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#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 Getting Aid list. Youngstown State University is located in Youngstown, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Youngstown State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Youngstown State University are $9,495, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Youngstown State University

#4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #4 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 11 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 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 UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#5

Canisius College

Buffalo, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Canisius College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 3 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist 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 full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Canisius College

#6

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Bellarmine University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Bellarmine U is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 7 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellarmine U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellarmine University are $16,645, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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