Respiratory Care Therapy at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812. In 2021, 48 respiratory care therapy/therapist majors received their bachelor's degree from Texas 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.

Texas State Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

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

Texas State Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at Texas 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 Texas 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
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	9
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	243
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	283

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Texas State. This makes it the #4 most popular school for respiratory care therapy/therapist master’s degree candidates in the country.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Texas State in 2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Texas State University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Texas State Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Texas State in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in respiratory care therapy/therapist each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the respiratory care therapy/therapist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Texas 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

• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy
• 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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Respiratory Therapists	11,250	$59,930
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	1,090	$51,930

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.