Respiratory Care Therapy at Newman University

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

Newman University is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 2,053 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.

Newman University Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Newman University Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Newman University

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

Newman University Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Newman University may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

Newman University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 Newman University.

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 JimmyGuano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.