2025 Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools in New Jersey
4Colleges in New Jersey
78Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Degrees Awarded
Respiratory Care Therapy is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #121 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for respiratory care therapy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 degrees in respiratory care therapy annually.
The respiratory care therapy/therapist program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Respiratory Care Therapy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for respiratory care therapy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Respiratory Care Therapy in New Jersey
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the respiratory care therapy/therapist degree levels they offer.
Top New Jersey Schools in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
Any student who is interested in respiratory care therapy needs to take a look at Bergen Community College. Located in the large suburb of Paramus, Bergen Community College is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #266 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bergen Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 25 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at Bergen Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in respiratory care therapy has to look into Union County College. Located in the large suburb of Cranford, Union County College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #797 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Union County College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 12 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at Union County College in the most recent data year.
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County College of Morris is a great choice for students interested in a degree in respiratory care therapy. Located in the suburb of Randolph, County College of Morris is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 29th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 19 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at County College of Morris in the most recent data year.
Brookdale Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in respiratory care therapy. Located in the suburb of Lincroft, Brookdale Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 31st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 22 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at Brookdale Community College in the most recent data year.
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).