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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

2 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$15,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 69 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 45 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 Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Mt. Hood Community College

Gresham, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. Hood Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Gresham, Oregon, and it awarded 18 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

MHCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $5,855 for Oregon Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend MHCC.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at MHCC

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concorde Career College - Portland landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private for-profit school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

Concorde Career College - Portland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Concorde Career College - Portland is $24,870 for oregon associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Concorde Career College - Portland

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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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