Do you feel called to help others in the dynamic world of health care? Respiratory therapists have the opportunity to treat patients hands-on, to save and improve lives.
The coronavirus pandemic has showed the critical need for respiratory therapists. Respiratory Therapists are experts with treating diseases and operating life-supporting technologies.
The College of Allied Health Sciences’ respiratory therapy program prepares students for the challenges they will encounter as respiratory therapy professionals. Join us to become tomorrow’s healthcare professionals today.
Respiratory Therapy is for you if you consider yourself
987 St. Sebastian Way
Augusta, GA 30912
What You'll Study
In the respiratory therapy program, you will study areas including human physiology, respiratory care fundamentals, research in health care, cardiopulmonary disease, diagnostic testing, public health, pediatric care and more.
Experience-based Education
Students complete an externship their senior year to prepare them for work in the field. As part of the state’s only public academic health center, students are exposed to a wide-variety of clinical settings and challenges.
Just as getting a degree consists of classes that build upon one another, moving successfully from the classroom to the workplace is also a process that requires effort and reflection.
Research, internships, and other forms of experiential learning offer opportunities to deepen your knowledge, explore career options and make meaningful connections with people who can support your career journey.
Whether you're an undergrad or graduate student, you'll have opportunities to create your own research projects or work with faculty to tackle some of the world's most complex and pressing challenges.
100% of our students take part in internships during their program, meaning they finish school with a stronger resume and the real-world experience needed to start a meaningful career.
Providing a space for students with similar academic interests to live and study together during their first year of college through hands-on experience in your major and community engagement.
Academic health centers teach tomorrow's health care professionals, and the only way to do this is to stay on top of the latest treatments and tools for a culture of continuous learning.
Your Future
In addition to being a registered respiratory therapist, individuals can work in adult critical care, pediatric respiratory care, or as a pulmonary function technologist. Employment of respiratory therapists is projected to grow 23 percent over the next decade, much faster than the average for all occupations. About 10,100 openings for respiratory therapists are projected each year, on average, over the decade.
Graduates of the Respiratory Therapy program at Augusta University have 100% job placement upon graduation.
Job Satisfaction, Earning Potential & Advancement opportunity
Learning Like No Other
Flexible on-campus, online and hybrid programs preparing graduates for the ever-changing health care industry.
Opportunities for management, education, research and advanced clinical practice including opportunities to specialize within the field.
Graduate with the ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to excel in the respiratory care field.
Recipient of the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist Credentialing Success Award in addition to CoARC accreditation.
“These field trips complete our tripartite mission of reaching out and making potential students at all levels aware of health science professions," says Lester Pretlow, PhD.
“When you see a smile on a student’s face when they understand something, that is really priceless," says Bashir Chaudhary, MD.
"We need community partners, and community partners mean that it’s not just mutually beneficial, but it’s mutually respectful."
"I know that a degree doesn’t complete somebody, but for me, it does kind of complete that chapter of my life that’s been unfinished for so long," says Paige Boutwell.
