2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Respiratory Care Therapy is the 121st most popular major in the country with 6,569 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 908 respiratory care therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 respiratory care therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in respiratory care therapy.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy in the Great Lakes Region

1

Rush University
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rush University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 14 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Rush University Respiratory Care Therapy Report

2

Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Youngstown State University is a public institution located in Youngstown, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at Youngstown State University

3

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio

Top 15% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region. UC is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Respiratory Care Therapy at UC

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Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

#15 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Respiratory Care Therapy Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.