2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

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 “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,025 people earned their degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,787 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent respiratory care therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $0-$30k list, UNC Charlotte has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Respiratory Care Therapy Report

#2

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky

$16,645 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellarmine University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

Bellarmine U also took the #0 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellarmine U are $16,645, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Bellarmine University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

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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