Respiratory Care Therapy at Stony Brook 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 Stony Brook University stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and approximately 26,782 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from SUNY Stony Brook.

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.

SUNY Stony Brook Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

SUNY Stony Brook Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at SUNY Stony Brook 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 SUNY Stony Brook 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
	3
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	341

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Stony Brook University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SUNY Stony Brook 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

• Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
• Athletic Training
• 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 NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Respiratory Therapists	5,740	$74,890
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	220	$56,780

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 Danski14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.