2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $48-$75k) 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte also took the #1 spot 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#2

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky

$16,645 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellarmine University landed the #2 spot on the 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellarmine U, the school also landed 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 University are $16,645, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Bellarmine University Respiratory Care Therapy Report

• Best Value Master’s 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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