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Respiratory Care Therapy at Missouri Southern State University

Respiratory Care Therapy at Missouri Southern State University

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

Missouri Southern is located in Joplin, Missouri and approximately 5,045 students attend the school each year.

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.

Missouri Southern Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Missouri Southern Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Missouri Southern

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

Missouri Southern Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

91% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 9% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Missouri Southern State University with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MO, the home state for Missouri Southern State University.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Health Specialties Professors 4,710 $148,840
Respiratory Therapists 3,210 $56,320
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 920 $53,470

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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