Mount Prospect, IL (population: 52,994) has thirty-three respiratory therapy schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Northwestern University, the highest ranked school in this group with a respiratory therapy program, has a total student population of 19,853. It is the 11th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Illinois.
Respiratory Therapy students from Mount Prospect 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.
Mount Prospect lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary.
Of the 33 respiratory therapy schools with a 100-mile radius of Mount Prospect, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northwestern University comes out as the most expensive ($28,371/yr) for respiratory therapy students, with Triton College as the lowest, reported at only $2,479/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Mount Prospect |
Arlington Heights | IL | 73,268 | 1 | 24.4091 | 3 | 2.5 miles |
Des Plaines | IL | 57,512 | 1 | 11.0092 | 69 | 3.4 miles |
Palatine | IL | 67,435 | 1 | 12.7765 | 87 | 5.8 miles |
Glenview | IL | 46,461 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.2 miles |
Schaumburg | IL | 71,386 | 3 | 11.8364 | 30 | 7.7 miles |
Addison | IL | - | 1 | 11.9746 | 2 | 9.9 miles |
Hoffman Estates | IL | 54,568 | 1 | 19.0736 | 10 | 10.3 miles |
Skokie | IL | 66,692 | 6 | 22.9614 | 40 | 10.5 miles |
River Grove | IL | - | 1 | 11.7006 | 67 | 11.3 miles |
Hanover Park | IL | - | 1 | 22.3828 | 2 | 11.6 miles |
Glendale Heights | IL | - | 1 | 27.7281 | 3 | 12.6 miles |
Villa Park | IL | - | 2 | 31.4324 | 7 | 12.7 miles |
Evanston | IL | 78,672 | 5 | 24.133 | 202 | 12.9 miles |
River Forest | IL | - | 2 | 45.0836 | 173 | 13.6 miles |
Carol Stream | IL | 40,639 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.2 miles |
Lombard | IL | 43,240 | 3 | 11.1886 | 2 | 14.3 miles |
Oak Park | IL | 49,270 | 1 | 1.32863 | 0 | 14.6 miles |
Glen Ellyn | IL | - | 1 | 13.8242 | 100 | 14.8 miles |
Berwyn | IL | 49,477 | 1 | 23.6937 | 4 | 17.7 miles |
West Dundee | IL | - | 1 | 23.2604 | 5 | 17.7 miles |
Elgin | IL | 111,179 | 3 | 24.5629 | 139 | 18.1 miles |
Downers Grove | IL | 49,475 | 1 | 0.403237 | 10 | 19.1 miles |
Lisle | IL | - | 2 | 24.7595 | 107 | 19.9 miles |
Chicago | IL | 2,878,948 | 79 | 18.4208 | 1,944 | 20.8 miles |
Waukegan | IL | 91,248 | 0 | - | 0 | 21.1 miles |
Crystal Lake | IL | 42,672 | 3 | 24.3677 | 64 | 22.9 miles |
Woodridge | IL | - | 1 | 16.3637 | 24 | 23.1 miles |
Naperville | IL | 146,177 | 1 | 64.8467 | 83 | 24.0 miles |
Bolingbrook | IL | 72,318 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.6 miles |
Palos Heights | IL | - | 1 | 26.9291 | 61 | 28.8 miles |