2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Respiratory Care Therapy

RESPIRATORY CARE THERAPY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Respiratory care therapy is an incredibly unpopular concentration. The typical concentration confers 6,156 bachelor's degrees per year; 1,563 people earned a college degree in respiratory care therapy last May, making it the 172nd most popular subject coast-to-coast. 171 of those students came out of a single college, Boise State University. 184 of those undergrads attended institutions in Texas.

It could be challenging to determine the best institution, since 82 colleges across the nation have a college degree in respiratory care therapy. Undergraduate degrees in the average major are offered at 2.3 times more institutions than degrees in respiratory care therapy, making it the 196th most commonly offered US degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 94% of last year's degrees in respiratory care therapy were bachelor's degrees; 6% were postgrad degrees. Respiratory care therapy is the 302nd most popular graduate degree in America, with 100 degrees conferred. For some context, the average subject is 27.7 times more popular among postgrads than respiratory care therapy.

In Total, 1,663 students received a bachelor's or higher in respiratory care therapy last spring.

ONLINE RESPIRATORY CARE THERAPY DEGREES

186 of those 1,663 alumni (11.2%) completed their school work exclusively online - 181 undergraduate students and 5 graduate students. As you can likely see, respiratory care therapy is an especially unpopular online subject. It's the 97th most popular remote course of study with 62.4% less remote students than the average subject. For postgrads, it ranks 269th, and is 99.2% under the national average (616).

Independence University​ granted the most online undergrad degrees in respiratory care therapy in the USA (63).

Furthermore, Colleges from Utah awarded the most online four-year degrees in respiratory care therapy last year (63). Utah independently graduates 35% of the subject's online students.

11.6% of all undergrad degrees in respiratory care therapy are completed via completely remote programs, (5% for grad degrees). Independence University's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of online respiratory care therapy majors than any other American institution (14.58%). 63 students in their 432 student class were awarded an online college degree in respiratory care therapy. They offer 9 degrees online, and had 10,983 enrolled online undergraduate students last fall. That's 100% of the student body.

Undergraduate degrees in respiratory care therapy are available entirely remotely at 26 institutions across the nation, making it the 196th most broadly offered online degree. Just under 1 in every 3 institutions supplying the degree even have a remote option, and 46% of schools with the degree online are public. Florida heads up the nation in providing online choices, with 3 of the programs based there.

If you want to study respiratory care therapy and really enjoy working from home, you should check out the University of Cincinnati-Main Campus, as it has the 2nd best respiratory care therapy program in the nation. They also have an additional 65 degrees remotely, so their systems are presumably strong. Additionally, 2,455 online undergraduates go to the institution, which is 9% of the total undergraduate population.

PARTIALLY ONLINE RESPIRATORY CARE THERAPY DEGREES

• 378 people were conferred a four-year degree in respiratory care therapy partially online last year
• Undergrad degrees in respiratory care therapy are available partially online at 53 colleges around the nation
• 24.18% of all four-year degree in respiratory care therapy are done partially online
• Boise State University​ granted 46 partially online undergrad degrees in respiratory care therapy, more than any other school in the US
• Respiratory care therapy is the 266th most popular partially online advanced degree in the USA
• The typical subject grants 320 yearly grad degrees partially online

IN-PERSON RESPIRATORY CARE THERAPY DEGREES

• Last May, 984 people earned an undergraduate degree in respiratory care therapy completely in-person
• Respiratory care therapy is the 266th most universally available fully in-person undergraduate degree nationwide
• Last year, 1,060 people were granted a bachelor's or higher in respiratory care therapy fully in-person
• Boise State University​ awarded 106 totally in-person bachelor's degrees in respiratory care therapy, more than any other institution in the US
• 93% of last year's in-person degrees in respiratory care therapy were undergraduate degrees; 7% were grad degrees
• The average in-person subject confers 6,102 annual bachelor's degrees or higher