2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

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 $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$11,017 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Maine, and it awarded 8 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $75-$110k list, Kennebec Valley Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $11,017 for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Kennebec Valley Community College.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Kennebec Valley Community College

#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$15,219 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. SMCC is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 14 associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $15,219 for Maine Associate Degree Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist students whose families make $75-$110k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (Income $75-$110k)

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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