2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Maine (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

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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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 an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” 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 an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in South Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified associates’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid list, SMCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,647 for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid per year to attend SMCC.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Southern Maine Community College

#2

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,693 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small school located in Fairfield, Maine that handed out 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 with aid 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 $7,693 for maine associate degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid per year to attend Kennebec Valley 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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