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2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

9 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$18,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

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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 the Plains States region, there were 478 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent respiratory care therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that 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 a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University is $16,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Nebraska Methodist College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $25,311 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students per year to attend Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Nebraska Methodist College Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#3

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Bismarck, North Dakota, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMary, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Mary is $17,410 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at UMary

#4

Dakota State University

Madison, South Dakota
#9 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Dakota State is a public institution located in Madison, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dakota State, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,691 for plains states region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students per year to attend Dakota State.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State is $16,725 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students.

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#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

University of Kansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KU is $18,918 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at University of Kansas

#7

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#8 in overall quality

Concordia University, Saint Paul did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul is $16,245 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students.

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#8

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, St Catherine University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. St Catherine University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Kate’s, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Kate’s is $19,078 for plains states region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at St Catherine University

#9

Midland University

Fremont, Nebraska
#7 in overall quality

Midland University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Fremont, Nebraska, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Midland U also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $21,128 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students per year to attend Midland U.

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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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