Respiratory Care Therapy at The University of Texas Medical Branch

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory care therapy/therapist school? To help you decide if The University of Texas Medical Branch is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory care therapy/therapist program.

UTMB Galveston is located in Galveston, Texas and approximately 3,458 students attend the school each year. Of the 435 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 2021, 21 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.

UTMB Galveston Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

UTMB Galveston Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at UTMB Galveston compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at UTMB Galveston 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	10
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	102
	109

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at UTMB Galveston

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

UTMB Galveston Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from UTMB Galveston. About 38% were men and 62% 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 UTMB Galveston since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Medical Branch with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTMB Galveston 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

• 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 Medical Branch.

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 Nsaum75 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.