2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Maine, there were 22 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$12,123 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 14 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $12,123 for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$10,202 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Kennebec Valley Community College is located in Fairfield, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Kennebec Valley Community College also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Kennebec Valley Community College is $10,202 for Maine Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k)

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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