Respiratory Care Therapy at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

If you are interested in studying respiratory care therapy/therapist, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Health San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 3,478 students attend the school each year. Of the 402 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2021, 12 of them were respiratory care therapy/therapist majors.

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.

UT Health San Antonio Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

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

UT Health San Antonio Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at UT Health San Antonio 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 UT Health San Antonio 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 Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	105

In 2021, 24 students received their master’s degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from UT Health San Antonio. This makes it the #1 most popular school for respiratory care therapy/therapist master’s degree candidates in the country.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at UT Health San Antonio

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The respiratory care therapy/therapist program at UT Health San Antonio awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to 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 UT Health San Antonio since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Health San Antonio Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 24 respiratory care therapy/therapist students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Health San Antonio, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

In the respiratory care therapy/therapist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 92% of degree recipients. That is 46% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with a master's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Health San Antonio 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

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

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 AMAPO under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.