Accredited respiratory therapy programs
212 respiratory therapy programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding in 35 states and territories
That is 100% of the 213 respiratory therapy programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
The program itself can be accredited too: CAAHEP accredits respiratory therapy programs3 and keeps its own directory: search CAAHEP's accredited programs.
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
All respiratory therapy programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited respiratory therapy programs in each state
- Alabama5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Arizona4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Arkansas5accredited schools, 5 programs
- California2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Colorado4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Florida12accredited schools, 12 programs
- Georgia10accredited schools, 11 programs
- Illinois14accredited schools, 14 programs
- Indiana2accredited schools, 3 programs
- Iowa5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Kansas2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Kentucky10accredited schools, 12 programs
- Louisiana4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Maine2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Maryland3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Michigan8accredited schools, 8 programs
- Minnesota3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Mississippi9accredited schools, 9 programs
- Missouri10accredited schools, 11 programs
- Montana1accredited school, 1 program
- Nebraska2accredited schools, 2 programs
- New Hampshire1accredited school, 1 program
- New Mexico5accredited schools, 6 programs
- North Carolina11accredited schools, 11 programs
- North Dakota1accredited school, 1 program
- Ohio16accredited schools, 17 programs
- Oklahoma4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Pennsylvania4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Puerto Rico3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Tennessee8accredited schools, 9 programs
- Texas16accredited schools, 16 programs
- Utah3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Virginia2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Washington6accredited schools, 6 programs
- Wisconsin7accredited schools, 7 programs
Schools with respiratory therapy programs that the state approved for WIOA funding and that are on the Department of Education's list. A school approved in two states counts in each.
How the accredited respiratory therapy schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).4 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about respiratory therapy programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), Committees on Accreditation
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List