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2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

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

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 Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 104 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 80 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 Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in Virginia

#1

Reynolds Community College

Richmond, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Reynolds Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this medium-sized public school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Reynolds Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $7,309 for Virginia Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Reynolds Community College.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k. Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Annandale, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k list, Northern Virginia Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $10,980 for virginia associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Virginia Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Central Virginia Community College is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Central Virginia Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Virginia Community College is $6,591 for virginia associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Central Virginia Community College

#4

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k. Tidewater Community College is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to qualified students.

Tidewater Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $9,775 for Virginia Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Tidewater Community College

#5

Mountain Empire Community College

Big Stone Gap, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mountain Empire Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. MECC is a small school located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia that handed out 14 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

MECC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $7,122 for virginia associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Mountain Empire Community College.

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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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