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Respiratory Care Therapy at University of Kansas

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744.

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.

KU Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at KU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, KU does offer online courses in respiratory care therapy/therapist for the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree

KU Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks respiratory care therapy/therapist programs across the country. The following shows how KU 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 KU 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 Online Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	7
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	7
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	17
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	19
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	37
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	59
	66
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	72
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	273
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools	330
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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

86% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at KU 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 University of Kansas with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Respiratory Therapists	1,130	$55,080
Health Specialties Professors	380	$84,400
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	80	$45,390

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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