Respiratory Care Therapy at Marshall University

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory care therapy/therapist school? To help you decide if Marshall University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory care therapy/therapist program.

Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and has a total student population of 11,958. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Marshall University.

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.

Marshall University Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Marshall University Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at Marshall University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at Marshall University 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
	63
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	154
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	261

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Marshall University

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

Marshall University Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Marshall University in 2021, 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Marshall University 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 Marshall University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Marshall University 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 WV, the home state for Marshall University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Respiratory Therapists	1,020	$50,420
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	60	$51,700

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.