by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 464 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in respiratory care therapy/therapist.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fenton, Missouri, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Bismarck, North Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 more about Respiratory Care Therapy at University of Mary
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region. St. Kate’s is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 13 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health landed the #4 spot on the list. Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 3 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Full Nebraska Methodist College Respiratory Care Therapy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midland University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Fremont, Nebraska, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Midland University
Concordia University, Saint Paul 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 Plains States Region ranking. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 7 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Concordia University, Saint Paul
North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at North Dakota State University - Main Campus
University of Kansas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
South Dakota State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at South Dakota State
Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Union College Nebraska did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Union College Nebraska
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