Respiratory Care Therapy at Utah Valley University

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

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and has a total student population of 40,936.

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.

UVU Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

UVU Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at UVU 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 UVU

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

UVU 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 UVU may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at UVU are white. Around 70% 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 Utah Valley University with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UVU Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% 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 UVU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at UVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Health Specialties Professors	2,120	$141,550
Respiratory Therapists	910	$61,480
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	110	$49,680

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.