2025 Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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 North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 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 complete 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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC

20 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Wilmington is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy from University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Best Respiratory Care Therapy Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	72
Tennessee	460	54
Georgia	453	80
Virginia	421	31
South Carolina	370	4
Kentucky	331	27
Alabama	320	39
Louisiana	306	0
West Virginia	223	15

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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
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	61
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	13
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	3
Athletic Training	1

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.