Howard College, San Angelo respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in San Angelo, 2 years, five semesters. 10 of its 20 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (50.0%) is below the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 80.0% 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
Howard College does not publish a total cost for this program. Howard lists approximate extra costs (books, scrubs, licensing) but no tuition or program total; tuition is only in the general catalog. 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 San Angelo
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in the San Angelo metro area is $76,200. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- 2 years, five semesters
- Starts
- Fall (apply April 1 to June 5)
- Before you apply
- Anatomy and Physiology I and II (lecture and lab) and one of MATH 1314, 1332 or 1342.
- Entrance exam
- ATI TEAS
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Accredited (program 200442)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Public
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for Howard College, San Angelo, 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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