Respiratory Care Therapy at Pima Medical Institute - Tucson

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy/therapist, take a look at what Pima Medical Institute - Tucson has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

PMI Tucson is located in Tucson, Arizona and approximately 1,970 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students received a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from PMI Tucson.

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.

PMI Tucson Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at PMI Tucson

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, PMI Tucson does offer online courses in respiratory care therapy/therapist for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

PMI Tucson Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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

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 PMI Tucson 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	3
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	5
	7
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	13
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	22
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	28
	39
	49
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	329

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at PMI Tucson

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at Pima Medical Institute - Tucson.

PMI Tucson Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

PMI Tucson does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pima Medical Institute - Tucson with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PMI Tucson Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 51 respiratory care therapy/therapist students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PMI Tucson, about 29% were men and 71% 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 PMI Tucson since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Pima Medical Institute - Tucson with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

PMI Tucson 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

• 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 AZ, the home state for Pima Medical Institute - Tucson.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$133,640
Respiratory Therapists	2,560	$58,420
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	440	$58,900

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.