2025 Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #199 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 bachelor's degrees in respiratory care therapy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on respiratory care therapy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other respiratory care therapy students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized respiratory care therapy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for respiratory care therapy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Respiratory Care Therapy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Respiratory Care Therapy in Michigan

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for respiratory care therapy students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

1

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI

9 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Ferris State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy. Located in the remote town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy from Ferris State University

2

University of Michigan - Flint
Flint, MI

18 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Flint is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy. UM Flint is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Flint.More information about a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy from University of Michigan - Flint

Best Respiratory Care Therapy Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Respiratory Care Therapy Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	133
Illinois	558	0
Indiana	535	47
Wisconsin	435	8

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Respiratory Care Therapy Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Allied Health Professions area of study, Respiratory Care Therapy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	65
Athletic Training	48
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	46
Radiologic Technology	38
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	18
Surgical Technology	18
Physician Assistant	11
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.