El Paso Community College respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in El Paso. 22 of its 47 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
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The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (46.8%) is below the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 70.2% 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
El Paso Community College does not publish a total cost for this program. We could not reach an El Paso Community College respiratory care page to check. Ask the program for its cost sheet.
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 El Paso
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in the El Paso metro area is $75,490. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- Data coming soon
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Continuing Accreditation (reaccredited 2025, next review 2035) (program 200174)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Public
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for El Paso Community 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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