Respiratory Care Therapy at Texas Southern University

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 Texas Southern University stacks up to those at other schools.

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,015 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.

TSU Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

TSU Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at TSU 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 TSU 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 Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	36
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	53
	69
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	73
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	253
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	292
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	324
	336
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	342

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at TSU

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

TSU Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went 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 TSU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 Texas Southern University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TSU 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 TX, the home state for Texas Southern University.

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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.