Respiratory Care Therapy at Nova Southeastern University

If you are interested in studying respiratory care therapy, you may want to check out the program at Nova Southeastern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and approximately 20,888 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.

NUS Florida Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

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, NUS Florida does offer online courses in respiratory care therapy/therapist for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NUS Florida Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at NUS Florida 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.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at NUS Florida since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Cardiopulmonary Technology
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Physician Assistant

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Respiratory Therapists	8,200	$57,960
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	470	$49,670

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.