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2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
94 Degrees Awarded
$8,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Respiratory Care Therapy is the 112th most popular major in the country with 7,025 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Tennessee, there were 143 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 94 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great respiratory care therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

Chattanooga State Community College

Chattanooga, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chattanooga State Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Chattanooga State Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 9 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $0-$30k list, Chattanooga State Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $5,986 for tennessee associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Chattanooga State Community College.

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#2

Roane State Community College

Harriman, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roane State Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Roane State Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Harriman, Tennessee. It awarded 11 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Roane State Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Roane State Community College is $3,322 for Tennessee Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Walters State Community College

Morristown, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walters State Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. WSCC is located in Morristown, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

WSCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for Walters State Community College is $2,897 for Tennessee Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Columbia State Community College

Columbia, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia State Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Columbia, Tennessee, and it awarded 15 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia State Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia State Community College is $5,816 for tennessee associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Volunteer State Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. VSCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Gallatin, Tennessee. It awarded 11 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $0-$30k list, VSCC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend VSCC is $6,368 for tennessee associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Volunteer State Community College

#6 in overall quality

Concorde Career College - Memphis came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

Concorde Career College - Memphis also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $24,020 for Tennessee Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Concorde Career College - Memphis.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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