2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

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.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality respiratory care therapy/therapist programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 a Master’s in the Southeast Region 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 a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky

$16,645 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellarmine University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Bellarmine U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellarmine U are $16,645, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

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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