2026 Best Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools in Iowa
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 9 schools to find the best for respiratory care therapy/therapist students.
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Best Schools for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist in Iowa
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
No school ranked higher than Kirkwood Community College this year for respiratory care therapy/therapist. Located in the city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a large public university. Kirkwood Community College awarded about 12 respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in the most recent data year. Respiratory Care Therapy/therapist graduates of Kirkwood Community College earn a median of $52,364 early in their careers. Typical student debt for the program is $21,945.
Read more about the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at Kirkwood Community College
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 9 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
