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Respiratory Care Therapy at East Tennessee State University

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,713.

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.

ETSU Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

ETSU Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at ETSU 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 ETSU 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 Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	21
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	37
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	64
	71
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	79
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	223
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	253
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	255
	343

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at ETSU

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

ETSU Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

71% Women

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from ETSU. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at ETSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at ETSU 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 East Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ETSU also has a doctoral program available in respiratory care therapy/therapist. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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 TN, the home state for East Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310
Respiratory Therapists	3,520	$51,400
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	120	$40,560

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
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