Concorde Career College, Dallas respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in Dallas, As few as 17 months, 76 credit hours. 37 of its 66 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
Each campus reports its own outcomes to CoARC:
- Dallas (this page): 56.1% RRT credential rate, 72.7% job placement
- San Antonio: 69.1% RRT credential rate, 92.6% job placement
The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (56.1%) is below the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 72.7% of graduates looking for work in the field found a job, by CoARC's measure.
These lines are generated from the numbers on this page and change when the data does.
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
Concorde Career College does not publish a total cost for this program. Concorde's program page gives no tuition and refers to the campus catalog, where we could not find a current respiratory therapy tuition figure. 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 around Dallas
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in the Dallas metro area is $84,080. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Other respiratory therapy programs in the Dallas area
| Program | RRT credential rate | Job placement | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collin College AAS, McKinney | 96.2% | 98.1% | $6,309 to $6,539 |
| Dallas College, El Centro AAS, Dallas | 85.3% | 100% | $5,940 |
| Concorde Career College, Dallas (this page) AAS, Dallas | 56.1% | 72.7% | Not published |
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- As few as 17 months, 76 credit hours
- Schedule
- Blended: coursework and labs online, campus simulation labs, and 870 clinical hours
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Continuing Accreditation (program 200597)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Private for-profit
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for Concorde Career College, Dallas, 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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