St. Philip's College respiratory therapy program: pass rate, jobs and local pay
An AAS program in San Antonio. 41 of its 73 graduates earned the RRT credential over 2022 to 2024.
The short version
- Its RRT credential rate (56.2%) is below the Texas program median of 77.1%.
- 76.7% 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
St. Philip's College does not publish a total cost for this program. St. Philip's respiratory care page lists no tuition, fee or program cost figures. 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 Antonio
The median yearly wage for respiratory therapists in the San Antonio metro area is $77,900. 2 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
Other respiratory therapy programs in the San Antonio area
| Program | RRT credential rate | Job placement | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT Health San Antonio MS, San Antonio | 79.2% | 86.7% | $42,330 to $82,530 |
| UT Health San Antonio BS, San Antonio | 76.9% | 92.3% | $28,025 to $55,419 |
| Concorde Career College, San Antonio AAS, San Antonio | 69.1% | 92.6% | Not published |
| St. Philip's College (this page) AAS, San Antonio | 56.2% | 76.7% | Not published |
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- Data coming soon
- Schedule
- Sequenced classroom, lab, simulation and clinical courses at varied hospital sites
- Starts
- Fall
- Before you apply
- RSPT 1101, ENGL 1301, MATH 1314 and BIOL 2404, with a 2.8 GPA.
- Entrance exam
- TEAS
- Accreditation
- CoARC, Accredited (program 200423)
- Leads to
- NBRC credentialing exams (TMC and CSE) for the RRT credential
- Sector
- Public
Sources and dates
- CoARC program outcomes for St. Philip's 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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