2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Master’s in Illinois” ranking.

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

Across Illinois, there were 190 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Illinois

#1

Rush University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$37,207 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rush University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Rush University also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rush University are $37,207.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Rush University

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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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