Lamar Institute of Technology respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in Beaumont, 66 semester credit hours. 28 of its 55 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (50.9%) is below the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 61.8% of graduates looking for work in the field found a job, by CoARC's measure.
- 74.6% of students stayed in the program, by CoARC's retention 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
Lamar Institute of Technology does not publish a total cost for this program. Lamar Institute of Technology's respiratory care page points to general tuition and special fee tables, with no program total. 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is $76,660. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- 66 semester credit hours
- Schedule
- Lectures, labs and clinical experience
- Entrance exam
- ATI TEAS (taken in person)
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Continuing Accreditation (program 200297)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Public
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for Lamar Institute of Technology, 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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