South Plains College, Reese Center respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in Lubbock, 21 consecutive months. 30 of its 46 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (65.2%) is below the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 76.1% 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
South Plains College does not publish a total cost for this program. South Plains' 2026 respiratory care information packet lists required items (immunizations, CPR, background check) without dollar amounts or a 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 Lubbock
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in the Lubbock metro area is $76,530. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- 21 consecutive months
- Schedule
- Monday to Friday day program; classes 2 to 4 days a week around clinical rotations, some starting at 6 a.m.
- Starts
- August (fall) each year
- Before you apply
- MATH 1314, BIOL 2401 and BIOL 2402 with a C or better.
- Entrance exam
- None named (TSI requirements)
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Accredited (program 200222)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Public
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for South Plains College, Reese Center, 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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