by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 183 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist. To top this list, a school must have a successful respiratory care therapy/therapist program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The respiratory care therapy/therapist school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York College of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s list. York, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gwynedd Mercy University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carlow University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s list. Carlow is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 7 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gannon University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Marywood University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s ranking. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s list. Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a small school located in Clarion, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania is a small school located in Mansfield, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 bachelors’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
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