2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 6,845 people earned their degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States.

Across West Virginia, there were 53 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,789 and $17,466 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their respiratory care therapy/therapist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in West Virginia

1

Carver Career Center
Charleston, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carver Career Center. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia list. Carver Career Center is a small school located in Charleston, West Virginia that handed out 12 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

BridgeValley Community & Technical College
South Charleston, West Virginia

#19 overall quality in West Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, BridgeValley Community & Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. BridgeValley Community & Technical College is located in South Charleston, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at BridgeValley Community & Technical College

3

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Mount Gay, West Virginia

#24 overall quality in West Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is located in Mount Gay, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Southern

4

Mountwest Community and Technical College
Huntington, West Virginia

#13 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mountwest Community and Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in West Virginia list. Mountwest Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Huntington, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Mountwest Community and Technical College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in the Southeast Region
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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.