Respiratory Care Therapy at Boise State University

Every respiratory care therapy/therapist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at Boise State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Boise State is located in Boise, Idaho and has a total student population of 24,069. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 160 students received a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Boise State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Respiratory Care Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

Boise State Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
• Master’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at Boise State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Boise State offers distance education options for respiratory care therapy/therapist at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Boise State Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks respiratory care therapy/therapist programs across the country. The following shows how Boise State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at Boise State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Care Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	1
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	4
	6
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	12
	27
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	54
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	135
	181
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	296

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Boise State. This makes it the #3 most popular school for respiratory care therapy/therapist master’s degree candidates in the country.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Boise State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at Boise State University.

Boise State Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 160 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care Therapy from Boise State in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Boise State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Boise State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boise State University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	99
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Boise State Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Program

The respiratory care therapy/therapist program at Boise State awarded 18 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

Of the students who received a respiratory care therapy/therapist master's degree from Boise State, 89% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boise State University with a master's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Boise State also has a doctoral program available in respiratory care therapy/therapist. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Radiologic Technology

Careers That Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Grads May Go Into

A degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ID, the home state for Boise State University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Respiratory Therapists	680	$57,700
Health Specialties Professors	300	$101,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Karthikc123 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.