Department of Respiratory Therapy
Weber State University’s Department of Respiratory Therapy hosts one of Utah’s Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy programs, and one of the largest baccalaureate respiratory therapy programs in the United States.
Our program prepares students to become a registered respiratory therapist (RRT), and graduates are eligible to take the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Respiratory Therapy Exams.
Employers are looking for candidates with a bachelor’s degree in respiratory therapy, and Weber State offers a program that gets you where you want to be.
Through classroom, clinical, and community outreach settings, our program prepares you for a lifesaving career as a registered respiratory therapist in a variety of clinical and community settings, treating and educating patients with asthma, emphysema, and other diseases that require long-term breathing retraining.
Visit the following links or contact the Department of Respiratory Therapy for more information.
Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy
Take advantage of our highly sought-after bachelor’s degree program today.
Find information about program admissions, degree requirements, cohort-specific course sequences, and more on our bachelor’s degree webpage.
Application
The respiratory therapy program is currently not accepting applications. Our next application cycle will be from May 28-July 1 for our Davis cohort, with enrollment in spring 2027.
Student Resources
Information about prospective and current student advising, program costs, class calendars, course contracts, respiratory therapy professional organizations, departmental honors and more can be found on our website.
Accreditation
Along with Weber State's regional accreditation, our program is accredited by the The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
The mission of CoARC is to ensure that high-quality educational programs prepare graduates to be competent respiratory therapists with proficiency in practice, education, research and service.
CoARC publishes graduate students' outcomes for all programs on the CoARC website.
We offer CoARC Program # 200127, CoARC Program # 300029 and CoARC Program # 300030.
Weber State University Respiratory Therapy—CoARC 200127 (Ogden Cohort), 300029 (Davis Cohort), and 300030 (Farmington Cohort)—is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (www.coarc.com).
CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an ‘outcomes based’ process. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented.
Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the goals of the program are achieved and the program's effectiveness. The outcomes reported on the CoARC website are within a 3-year time period and include: CRT credentialing success; RRT credentialing success; achievement of the high cut score on the TMC Exam (beginning 2018); retention (attrition); job placement; overall graduate satisfaction; overall employer satisfaction; on-time graduation rate; total number of program enrollees; total number of program graduates; and maximum annual enrollment.
Accreditation Standards
To prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists (RRTs).
To prepare leaders for the field of respiratory care by including curricular content with objectives related to the acquisition of skills in one or more of the following: management, education, research and advanced clinical practice (which may include an area of clinical specialization).