2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist” 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 6,845 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Rhode Island, there were 25 respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality respiratory care therapy/therapist programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island vets studying respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Top 2 Best Respiratory Care Therapy Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island

1

Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, Rhode Island

408 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$2,417 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist. CCRI is a fairly large school located in Warwick, Rhode Island that handed out 10 ’s respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees in 2020-2021.

CCRI also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 13,684 students enrolled at CCRI, 408 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 199 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,417. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Community College of Rhode Island]](/colleges/community-college-of-rhode-island/student-life/veterans/)

2

New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich, Rhode Island

259 GI Bill® Students**

$14,686 Average GI Bill® Award

$45,100 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. New England Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at New England Tech, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 259 of the 2,031 students enrolled at New England Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 135 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. In addition to receiving other benefits, 34 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at New England Tech]](/colleges/new-england-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)

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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

Footnotes

• *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.