Angelina College respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in Lufkin, 2 years. 8 of its 17 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (47.1%) is below the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 64.7% of graduates looking for work in the field found a job, by CoARC's measure.
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How graduates do
CoARC requires every accredited program to publish the same outcome measures, so they can be compared program to program. 3
Graduates who earned the Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential, divided by all graduates, as reported to CoARC for a three-year period. Job placement: graduates employed in respiratory care (or continuing their education) within the CoARC reporting period, divided by graduates surveyed.
What it costs
Angelina College does not publish a total cost for this program. Angelina College posts a cost sheet for radiography but none for respiratory care; it points only to general tuition and clinical fee tables. Ask the program for its cost sheet; contact details are on its page.
For comparison only, not this program's price: the 15 Texas respiratory therapy programs that publish a cost range from $5,940 to $54,358, with a median of $10,000.
What respiratory therapists earn in Texas
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in Texas is $79,540. The federal survey does not publish a figure for the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area, so we use the statewide number. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- 2 years
- Schedule
- In person, hands-on instruction with clinical rotations
- Before you apply
- Finish Intro to Respiratory Care, College Algebra, Anatomy and Physiology I and II, English Composition I and General Psychology (19 credits) with a C or better.
- Entrance exam
- TSI college readiness testing
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Continuing Accreditation (with Progress Report) (program 200156)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Public
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for Angelina College, reported July 1, 2025, for Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2024.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Respiratory Therapists (29-1126), May 2025 estimates.
- Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC), checked Nov. 2026.
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