2025 Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools in Iowa
4Colleges in Iowa
54Respiratory 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.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of respiratory care therapy. Combined, these schools handed out 54 degrees in respiratory care therapy to qualified students.
Your choice of respiratory care therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The respiratory care therapy/therapist school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools in Iowa.
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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 Iowa Schools in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
Kirkwood Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in respiratory care therapy. Kirkwood Community College is a large public college located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids. This college ranks 16th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 14 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at Kirkwood Community College in the most recent data year.
St Luke's College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in respiratory care therapy. Located in the city of Sioux City, St Luke's College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 2 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at St Luke's College in the most recent data year.
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It is difficult to beat Des Moines Area Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in respiratory care therapy. DMACC is a very large public college located in the suburb of Ankeny. A Best Colleges rank of #408 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DMACC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 14 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in respiratory care therapy needs to take a look at Hawkeye Community College. Located in the rural area of Waterloo, Hawkeye Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 11 respiratory care therapy students who graduated with this degree at Hawkeye 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).
Your choice of respiratory care therapy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
