2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Maine” ranking.

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

Across Maine, there were 22 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine. SMCC is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 14 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students.

Full SMCC Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#2

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,693 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small school located in Fairfield, Maine that handed out 8 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Kennebec Valley Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Kennebec Valley Community College is $7,693 for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Kennebec Valley Community College

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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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