2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,845 people earned their degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 958 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist for a Master’s” 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 a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist for a Master’s list. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 24 masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Health San Antonio not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 150 of the 3,478 students enrolled at UT Health San Antonio were GI Bill® students, of which 77 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,669. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s respiratory care therapy/therapist students in 2020-2021.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 37,812 students enrolled at Texas State University, 2,559 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,197 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,635. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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