Respiratory Care Therapy at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 7,615 students attend the school each year.

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.

Tennessee State University Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Tennessee State University Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at Tennessee State University 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 Tennessee State University 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	10
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	11
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	42
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	69
	72
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	87
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	284
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	309
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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Tennessee State University

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

Tennessee State University Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Tennessee State University. About 21% were men and 79% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Tennessee State University 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 TN, the home state for 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
• Image Credit: By The Peep Holes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.