Respiratory Care Therapy at South Dakota State University

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy/therapist, take a look at what South Dakota State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and approximately 11,405 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 respiratory care therapy/therapist majors received their bachelor's degree from South Dakota 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.

South Dakota State Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

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

South Dakota State Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota 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
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
	49
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	52
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	106
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	144
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	151
	186

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at South Dakota State may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at South Dakota State are white. Around 81% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Dakota State Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The respiratory care therapy/therapist program at South Dakota State awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at South Dakota 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Dakota 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

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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Respiratory Therapists	330	$51,510
Health Specialties Professors	160	$95,150

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.