Houston City College respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in Houston, 2 years, full time. 28 of its 30 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (93.3%) is above the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 96.7% 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
Houston City College does not publish a total cost for this program. HCC posts no program cost total or itemized list for respiratory therapy; it points to a general tuition calculator. 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 Houston
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in the Houston metro area is $80,450. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Other respiratory therapy programs in the Houston area
| Program | RRT credential rate | Job placement | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston City College (this page) AAS, Houston | 93.3% | 96.7% | Not published |
| UTMB MS, Galveston | 90.3% | 100% | $32,594 |
| Lone Star College, Kingwood AAS, Kingwood | 84.3% | 93.1% | $9,487 |
| Pima Medical Institute, Houston AAS, Houston | 66.7% | 83.3% | $54,358 |
| Alvin Community College AAS, Alvin | 63.9% | 83.3% | $8,441 to $11,549 |
| San Jacinto College, Central AAS, Pasadena | 54.5% | 53.0% | Not published |
| Texas Southern University BS, Houston | 35.0% | 55.0% | Not published |
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- 2 years, full time
- Schedule
- In person, full time
- Starts
- Fall (early applications Nov 3, 2025 to Feb 2, 2026; regular Feb 3 to June 1, 2026)
- Before you apply
- A&P I, A&P II, College Algebra or higher, and RSPT 1201, with a C or better and a 2.5 GPA.
- Entrance exam
- HSRT-AD (Health Science Reasoning Test), no minimum score
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Continuing Accreditation (program 200095)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Public
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for Houston City 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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