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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in California

5 Ranked Colleges
128 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor's in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 California” 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 California, there were 994 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great respiratory care therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The respiratory care therapy/therapist school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California”.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in California

#1

Modesto Junior College

Modesto, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Modesto Junior College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. MJC is located in Modesto, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students list, MJC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $9,196 for california bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students per year to attend Modesto Junior College.

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#2

Skyline College

San Bruno, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Skyline College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Bruno, California, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Skyline College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Skyline College is $1,143 for california bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

Full Skyline College Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#3

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #3 spot on the list. Loma Linda, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loma Linda University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Loma Linda University

#4

Platt College - Los Angeles

Alhambra, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Platt College - Los Angeles landed the #4 spot on the list. Platt College - Los Angeles is located in Alhambra, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Platt College - Los Angeles not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Platt College - Los Angeles is $22,710 for California Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students.

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#5

California College San Diego

San Diego, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California College San Diego. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. This small school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

California College San Diego did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $27,258 for California Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students per year to attend California College San Diego.

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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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