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2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York

7 Ranked Colleges
141 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York” ranking.

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 New York, there were 194 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 141 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in New York

#1

Nassau Community College

Garden City, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nassau Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York list. Garden City, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students list, Nassau Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nassau Community College is $4,594 for new york associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

Full Nassau Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hudson Valley Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York. Hudson Valley Community College is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 12 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

HVCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Hudson Valley Community College is $8,548 for new york associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 43 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

BMCC also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $5,158 for New York Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students per year to attend BMCC.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Borough of Manhattan Community College

#4

Erie Community College

Buffalo, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Erie Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

Erie Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Erie Community College is $5,131 for new york associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mohawk Valley Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York list. MVCC is a medium-sized school located in Utica, New York that handed out 15 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students list, MVCC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $7,722 for New York Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students per year to attend MVCC.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at MVCC

#6

Sullivan County Community College

Loch Sheldrake, New York
#7 in overall quality

Sullivan County Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York list. Located in Loch Sheldrake, New York, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Sullivan also took the #7 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $8,613 for New York Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students per year to attend SUNY Sullivan.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Sullivan County Community College

#7

Molloy College

Rockville Centre, New York
#2 in overall quality

Molloy College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in New York ranking. Molloy College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rockville Centre, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Molloy also took the #2 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $29,374 for New York Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students per year to attend Molloy College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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. 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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