Respiratory Care Therapy at University of Kansas

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 University of Kansas stacks up to those at other schools.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 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 KU.

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.

KU Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at KU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

KU does offer online education options in respiratory care therapy/therapist for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

KU Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at KU 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 KU 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 Schools	38
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
	66
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	75
	334

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care Therapy from KU in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at KU 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 University of Kansas with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

KU 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

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Respiratory Therapists	1,130	$55,080
Health Specialties Professors	380	$84,400
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	80	$45,390

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.