Accredited Respiratory Therapy Schools

Georgia State University

• Founded in 1913, Georgia State is a public college in Atlanta. With more that 28,000 undergraduate students, the university is one of the largest in the state. The school has offered a bachelor's degree program since 1969 and carried accreditation not only from CoARC, but also from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Students begin the first two years of the bachelor's program taking general education classes, with the final two years devoted to the professional courses in respiratory therapy. During this time period, students spend three days per week in class and two days per week in clinical settings. The college also offers a master's degree program in the field, some of which includes online coursework.

  Georgia State University
  33 Gilmer St. SE
  Atlanta, GA 30303
  404-413-2500
  gsu.edu

St. Catherine University

• Founded by the Roman Catholic Church in 1905 in St. Paul, Minnesota, St. Catherine University is the largest women's college in the United States. The school has more than 3,700 undergraduate students and grants a bachelor's degree in respiratory care for would-be therapists. In addition to classes in anatomy, science and patient care techniques, the program requires coursework in a foreign language, ethics, sport sciences, philosophy or theology, statistics, sociology and psychology. At least three clinical rotations are included in the curriculum in settings such as outpatient care facilities, public clinics and both adult and children's hospitals.

  St. Catherine University
  2004 Randolph Ave.
  St. Paul, MN 55105
  800-945-4599
  stkate.edu

Weber State University

• Situated in Ogden, Utah, Weber State is on a 526-acre campus in a northern suburb of Salt Lake City. The public university has more than 20,800 students and opened in 1889. The college grants both associate and bachelor's degrees in respiratory therapy. The school boasts an 85 percent first-time pass rate on the national licensing examination in the field and 100 percent job placement among its graduates, according to its website. Clinical rotations for the programs are held throughout the state in places such as Provo and Davis.

  Weber State University
  1103 University Circle
  Ogden, UT 84408
  801-626-6744
  weber.edu

Gannon University

• Located in Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania, Gannon University is a Roman Catholic college with more than 2,800 undergraduate students. Students in the respiratory care program at Gannon may work toward an Associate of Applied Science or a Bachelor of Science degree in the field. For the bachelor's degree major, the first two years of the program focus upon fulfilling general education requirements in fields such as English, history, algebra, chemistry, physics, sociology, computer science, theology and literature. Clinical rotations include places with home health care agencies as well as hospitals and clinics and provide students with the opportunity to work with newborns, children and adults.

  Gannon University
  109 University Square
  Erie, PA 16541
  814-871-7240
  gannon.edu