2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Arizona

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Respiratory Care Therapy is the 121st most popular major in the country with 6,845 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arizona, there were 198 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 147 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,456 and $20,530 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular respiratory care therapy/therapist programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.

Top 5 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Arizona

1

Pima Medical Institute - Mesa
Mesa, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pima Medical Institute - Mesa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate. PMI Mesa is located in Mesa, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Full PMI Mesa Respiratory Care Therapy Report

2

GateWay Community College
Phoenix, Arizona

#9 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend GateWay Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate list. GateWay Community College is a public institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 38 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at GateWay Community College

3

Pima Medical Institute - Tucson
Tucson, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Medical Institute - Tucson. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this small private for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at PMI Tucson

4

Pima Community College
Tucson, Arizona

#11 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Pima County Community College District is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Pima Community College

5

Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista, Arizona

#13 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cochise County Community College District. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Arizona for an Associate list. Located in Sierra Vista, Arizona, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Cochise College

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in the Southwest Region
• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy

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.