Respiratory Care Therapy at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812.

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.

Texas State Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Texas State Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks respiratory care therapy/therapist programs across the country. The following shows how Texas State performed in these rankings.

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 Texas State 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	7
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	16
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	44
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	48
	57
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	154
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	267
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	277
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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The respiratory care therapy/therapist program at Texas State awarded 48 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 State University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Texas State 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

• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy
• Athletic Training

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 State 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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.