2025 Best Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
2Colleges in the Southeast Region
28Associate Degrees
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #242 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for respiratory therapy technician/assistant students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 28 associate degrees in respiratory therapy technician/assistant to qualified students.
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Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on respiratory therapy technician/assistant students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other respiratory therapy technician/assistant students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized respiratory therapy technician/assistant related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for respiratory therapy technician/assistant students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Rankings in Majors Related to Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant
One of 14 majors within the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services area of study, Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant
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.