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Respiratory Care Therapy at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy/therapist, take a look at what The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Health San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 3,478.

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.

UT Health San Antonio Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

UT Health San Antonio Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at UT Health San Antonio 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 Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	5
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	28
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	37
	37
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	185
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	201
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	202
	211

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at UT Health San Antonio

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

33% Women

92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 12 respiratory care therapy/therapist students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Health San Antonio, about 67% were men and 33% were 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 UT Health San Antonio since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)

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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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