Respiratory Care Therapy at The University of Montana

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

UM is located in Missoula, Montana and approximately 9,808 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.

UM Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

UM Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at UM

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

UM Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at UM may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 28% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at UM are white. Around 78% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Surgical Technology
• Radiologic Technology

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 MT, the home state for The University of Montana.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Respiratory Therapists	410	$57,310

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 Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.