2025 Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools in North Dakota

If you pursue a degree in respiratory care therapy, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #121 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Dakota 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 28 degrees in respiratory care therapy annually.

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• Best Overall Respiratory Care Therapy Schools List

Pick Your Respiratory Care Therapy Degree Level

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 North Dakota. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Respiratory Care Therapy in North Dakota

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the respiratory care therapy/therapist degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top North Dakota Schools in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in respiratory care therapy needs to take a look at North Dakota State University - Main Campus. North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.More information about a degree in respiratory care therapy from North Dakota State University - Main Campus

2

University of Mary
Bismarck, ND

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38.9% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Mary if you want to pursue a degree in respiratory care therapy. Located in the rural area of Bismarck, UMary is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in respiratory care therapy from University of Mary

Best Respiratory Care Therapy Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	53
Missouri	693	111
Iowa	648	52
Kansas	599	118
Nebraska	500	57
South Dakota	381	22

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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.

Most Popular Majors Related to Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Radiologic Technology	60
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	44
Physician Assistant	31
Athletic Training	20
Surgical Technology	5
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	3
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	1

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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.