2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

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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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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 a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree respiratory care therapy/therapist students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 11 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. 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 UNC Charlotte

#2

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky

$16,645 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellarmine University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2019-2020.

Bellarmine U also made our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bellarmine U are $16,645.

Read more about Respiratory Care Therapy at Bellarmine University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy (With Aid)

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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