Department of Respiratory Care honored with national CoARC award

The Department of Respiratory Care in the College of Health Professions at Texas State University has received the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).

CoARC also announced that Texas State has the nation's largest Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care program in the nation. Total enrollment at Texas State averaged 44 students 2016-2018, whereas the national average for all other programs was 19.7 over that same span.

The Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award is presented as part of the CoARC’s continued efforts to value the RRT credential as a standard of professional achievement. From a program effectiveness perspective, the CoARC views the RRT credential as a measure of a program’s success in inspiring its graduates to achieve their highest educational and professional aspirations.

In selecting programs for this recognition, the CoARC Board used objective criteria based on key accreditation metrics documented in the Annual Report of Current Status. These programs were required to: 1) have three or more years of outcomes data; 2) hold accreditation without a progress report; 3) document RRT credentialing success of 90% or above; and 4) meet or exceed established CoARC thresholds for CRT credentialing success, retention and on-time graduation rate.