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Respiratory Care Therapy at Upstate Medical University

Respiratory Care Therapy at Upstate Medical University

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

SUNY Upstate Medical University is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 1,528.

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.

SUNY Upstate Medical University Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Upstate Medical University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SUNY Upstate Medical University offers distance education options for respiratory care therapy/therapist at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

SUNY Upstate Medical University Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at SUNY Upstate Medical 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 SUNY Upstate Medical 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
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 2
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools 3
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools 3
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 10
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 10
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools 11
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Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 37
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools 70
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Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools 114
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Trade Schools 201

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at SUNY Upstate Medical University

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

SUNY Upstate Medical University Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from SUNY Upstate Medical University. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Upstate Medical University since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at SUNY Upstate Medical University 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 Upstate Medical University with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

SUNY Upstate Medical 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.

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 NY, the home state for Upstate Medical University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors 22,170 $127,230
Respiratory Therapists 5,740 $74,890
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 220 $56,780

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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