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CIP 51.0908 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist.

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to assist in developing respiratory care plans, administer respiratory care procedures, supervise personnel and equipment operation, maintain records, and consult with other health care team members. Includes instruction in the applied basic biomedical sciences; anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the respiratory system; clinical medicine; therapeutic procedures; clinical expressions; data collection and record-keeping; patient communication; equipment operation and maintenance; personnel supervision; and procedures for special population groups.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.0908. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years331
2025Associate degree3085,098
2025Certificate 2–4 years432
2025Bachelor degree931,445
2025Master degree14149
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year861
2024Certificate 1–2 years554
2024Associate degree3044,918
2024Certificate 2–4 years659
2024Bachelor degree851,426
2024Master degree13151
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year876
2023Certificate 1–2 years544
2023Associate degree3075,020
2023Certificate 2–4 years569
2023Bachelor degree801,474
2023Master degree13138
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year854
2022Certificate 1–2 years448
2022Associate degree3104,729
2022Certificate 2–4 years665
2022Bachelor degree791,520
2022Master degree13127
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year975
2021Certificate 1–2 years231
2021Associate degree3135,079
2021Certificate 2–4 years7130
2021Bachelor degree771,432
2021Master degree13123
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1170
2020Certificate 1–2 years440
2020Associate degree3215,201
2020Certificate 2–4 years580
2020Bachelor degree821,570
2020Master degree1089
2020Certificate under 12 weeks19
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year534

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 51.0908 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

443 institutions

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