by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Far Western US region, there were 1,218 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 133 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist. That schools that top this list have a program in respiratory care therapy/therapist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Visalia, California, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region. Oregon Institute of Technology is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Platt College - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region. Platt College - Los Angeles is located in Alhambra, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Skyline College landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Bruno, California, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Skyline College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loma Linda University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Loma Linda, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Modesto Junior College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Modesto Junior College is a public institution located in Modesto, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
College of Southern Nevada did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. College of Southern Nevada is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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