Most Popular Schools for Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to assist in developing respiratory care plans, administer respiratory care procedures, supervise personnel and equipment operation, maintain records, and consult with other health care team members. Includes instruction in the applied basic biomedical sciences; anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the respiratory system; clinical medicine; therapeutic procedures; clinical expressions; data collection and record-keeping; patient communication; equipment operation and maintenance; personnel supervision; and procedures for special population groups.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia	266	8%	$16,606
2	Independence University	207	17%	$16,972
3	Boise State University	136	3%	$23,076
4	Pima Medical Institute-Tucson	134	10%	N/A
5	Ivy Tech Community College	106	0%	$5,788
6	Weber State University	86	2%	$20,511
7	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	78	1%	$23,694
8	J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	68	4%	$6,598
9	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	64	1%	$27,476
10	Midwestern State University	61	4%	$21,069
11	Butte College	59	2%	$3,286
12	California College San Diego	52	20%	$16,972
13	Concorde Career College-Garden Grove	51	13%	N/A
14	Pima Medical Institute-Mesa	48	8%	N/A
15	Los Angeles Valley College	48	2%	$3,137
16	Valencia College	46	0%	$3,740
17	San Jacinto Community College	43	1%	$3,114
18	Platt College-Ontario	42	16%	$14,867
19	Concorde Career College-North Hollywood	42	11%	N/A
20	Texas State University	40	0%	$23,130
21	East Los Angeles College	38	1%	$3,137
22	Concorde Career College-Memphis	38	5%	N/A
23	Concorde Career College-Aurora	37	8%	N/A
24	American Career College-Anaheim	37	7%	N/A
25	Jefferson Community and Technical College	36	1%	$5,328
26	St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton	36	19%	$26,215
27	Santa Fe College	35	1%	$3,346
28	Lone Star College System	35	0%	$4,150
29	Platt College-Los Angeles	34	8%	$14,867
30	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	34	4%	N/A
31	American Career College-Ontario	33	4%	N/A
32	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	33	0%	$32,443
33	Victor Valley College	33	2%	$3,043
34	GateWay Community College	33	2%	$3,494
35	Ferris State University	32	1%	$23,194
36	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus	32	1%	$7,520
37	El Camino Community College District	32	1%	$3,064
38	Georgia State University	32	0%	$26,014
39	George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville	32	2%	$15,100
40	Skyline College	31	3%	$3,378
41	Concorde Career College-Portland	30	7%	N/A
42	Milwaukee Area Technical College	29	1%	$7,039
43	Crafton Hills College	29	3%	$3,061
44	Brightwood College-Modesto	28	11%	N/A
45	Massasoit Community College	28	3%	$6,264
46	Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas	28	6%	N/A
47	College of Southern Nevada	27	1%	$4,667
48	Salisbury University	27	1%	$25,774
49	Oregon Institute of Technology	27	4%	$24,252
50	Brightwood Career Institute-Philadelphia Mills	27	8%	N/A
51	James A Rhodes State College	27	5%	$5,285
52	Macomb Community College	27	1%	$5,015
53	Big Sandy Community and Technical College	26	2%	$5,248
54	Tennessee State University	26	2%	$22,998
55	Community College of Allegheny County	26	1%	$5,815
56	Seminole State College of Florida	26	0%	$4,561
57	Southeast Community College Area	26	2%	$13,028
58	Youngstown State University	26	1%	$22,851
59	East Tennessee State University	26	1%	$24,068
60	Tulsa Community College	25	1%	$5,029
61	Siena Heights University	25	3%	$40,378
62	Concorde Career College-San Antonio	25	5%	N/A
63	Pima Medical Institute-Renton	24	4%	N/A
64	Pima Medical Institute-Denver	24	5%	N/A
65	The University of Texas Medical Branch	24	3%	N/A
66	Somerset Community College	24	1%	$5,248
67	Napa Valley College	24	2%	$3,059
68	Mt San Antonio College	24	1%	$3,267
69	Sinclair Community College	24	0%	$3,830
70	Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque	24	5%	N/A
71	College of DuPage	24	0%	$5,464
72	Florida SouthWestern State College	24	1%	$16,371
73	Bergen Community College	23	1%	$5,900
74	Foothill College	23	1%	$3,078
75	Harrisburg Area Community College	23	1%	$8,651
76	Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista	23	4%	N/A
77	Ponce Paramedical College Inc	23	4%	N/A
78	University of Kansas	23	0%	$26,566
79	South Texas College	23	0%	$4,980
80	Long Island University	23	1%	$56,283
81	Modesto Junior College	22	1%	$3,082
82	American College for Medical Careers	22	9%	$12,976
83	Grossmont College	22	1%	$3,086
84	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus	21	1%	$7,520
85	Daytona State College	21	1%	$4,304
86	University of Akron Main Campus	21	0%	$27,279
87	Erie Community College	21	1%	$21,186
88	Central Piedmont Community College	21	1%	$4,429
89	Ohio State University-Main Campus	21	0%	$27,367
90	Monroe County Community College	20	4%	$4,901
91	Madison Area Technical College	20	1%	$6,367
92	Oklahoma City Community College	20	1%	$5,659
93	New England Institute of Technology	20	2%	$47,792
94	Pima Community College	20	0%	$4,062
95	Greenville Technical College	20	1%	$5,780
96	Platt College-Moore	20	11%	N/A
97	Mt Hood Community College	19	1%	$7,001
98	St Philip's College	19	1%	$4,311
99	Ohlone College	19	1%	$3,136
100	St Petersburg College	19	0%	$4,282

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.