Respiratory Care Therapy at Nova Southeastern 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 Nova Southeastern University stacks up to those at other schools.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888. In 2021, 21 respiratory care therapy/therapist majors received their bachelor's degree from NUS Florida.

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.

NUS Florida Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

NUS Florida Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at NUS Florida 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 Online Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	8
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from NUS Florida. About 57% were men and 43% 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 NUS Florida since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NUS Florida 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
• Cardiopulmonary Technology
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Physician Assistant

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Respiratory Therapists	8,200	$57,960
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	470	$49,670

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.