San Francisco, CA (population: 817,411) has twenty-one respiratory therapy schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of California-Berkeley, the highest ranked school in this group with a respiratory therapy program, has a total student population of 35,830. It is the 6th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .
Respiratory Therapy students from San Francisco schools who go on to become respiratory therapists, respiratory care specialists, respiratory care practitioners, certified respiratory therapists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 107,270 people working as respiratory therapists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $54,200.
San Francisco lies in San Francisco county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City Metropolitan area has 982,930 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $30/hr average worker wage, and a $61,940 average annual salary.
Of the 21 respiratory therapy schools with a 100-mile radius of San Francisco, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Bay Area Campus comes out as the most expensive ($26,493/yr) for respiratory therapy students, with Skyline College as the lowest, reported at only $5,897/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Francisco |
South San Francisco | CA | 64,345 | 0 | - | 0 | 7.8 miles |
Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 10.4 miles |
Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 12.0 miles |
Oakland | CA | 412,612 | 12 | 26.3295 | 321 | 12.6 miles |
San Mateo | CA | 93,990 | 1 | 15.1982 | 101 | 16.4 miles |
San Leandro | CA | 78,904 | 1 | 29.9223 | 11 | 16.9 miles |
Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 21.5 miles |
Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 21.7 miles |
Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.1 miles |
Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 25.7 miles |
Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 26.3 miles |
Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 28.2 miles |
Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 29.7 miles |
Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 29.7 miles |
Sunnyvale | CA | 135,564 | 4 | 17.5213 | 21 | 34.9 miles |
Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 35.1 miles |
Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 37.6 miles |
Santa Clara | CA | 112,889 | 4 | 29.9373 | 188 | 38.2 miles |
Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 38.6 miles |
Milpitas | CA | 69,900 | 1 | 18.2292 | 19 | 38.7 miles |
Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 40.0 miles |
San Jose | CA | 977,893 | 9 | 20.6572 | 297 | 46.3 miles |
Santa Cruz | CA | 57,690 | 2 | 37.6705 | 80 | 59.8 miles |
Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 63.8 miles |
Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 71.9 miles |
Woodland | CA | 56,758 | 0 | - | 0 | 73.0 miles |
West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 73.4 miles |
Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 74.8 miles |
Sacramento | CA | 475,452 | 20 | 22.3687 | 626 | 76.8 miles |
Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 80.2 miles |