Online Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy

If you’ve earned an associate degree from a CoARC-accredited respiratory therapy program, your previously completed coursework will be reviewed for transfer toward your bachelor’s degree.

a.***UC now evaluates all college-level credit, not just coursework from nationally accredited institutions. Each course is individually reviewed for content, rigor, and alignment with the respiratory therapy curriculum to determine transfer eligibility.

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) who is eligible to take the RRT Clinical Simulation Exam.  For questions regarding the NBRC Clinical Simulation Exam admission requirements see the NBRC CSE webpage.  Students who enroll as a CRT must earn the RRT credential before enrolling in advanced courses in the program.  The program will provide CRT students with the Kettering National Seminars RRT Home Study guide as well as Clinical Simulation Exam reimbursement.

Have earned a minimum cumulative GPA  of 2.5 in all college level coursework

After submitting your application form, all applicants are required to have official transcripts sent directly to University of Cincinnati in order to be eligible for admissions review.

• First-Year and Transfer Applicants with Fewer Than 24 Completed Semester Hours at a Prior College:
  • Order official transcripts from your high school and all prior colleges (if applicable) for delivery directly to University of Cincinnati.
• Transfer Applicants with 24+ Completed Semester Hours at a Prior College: 
  • Order official transcripts from all prior colleges for delivery directly to University of Cincinnati. 
  • You are exempt from the High School transcript requirement, this item will be removed from your application checklist once your college documents are received.

Please review the section below for guidance on how to submit your transcripts.

• In order to apply to University of Cincinnati as a transfer student, learners must submit a transfer application form and have official transcripts sent directly to UC from all prior institutions they’ve attended.

• To request these transcripts, please contact your previous institution’s registrar and ask them to send the official transcript to the University of Cincinnati via an approved electronic method such as Parchment, eScrip-Safe, National Student Clearinghouse, or similar services. This is the preferred method. If electronic submission isn’t available, transcripts may be mailed to the Office of Admissions at:

University of Cincinnati

Office of Admissions 

PO Box 210091

Cincinnati, OH 45221

• Due to this program’s professional licensure requirement, students are not eligible to complete the program while located outside of the United States.

• Applicants with college coursework completed outside the United States are required to provide a course-by-course foreign credential evaluation for each college or university you attended outside the United States. This evaluation must be obtained from a service listed on the NACES member website.

The goal of the Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Sciences Program is to provide graduates of entry into respiratory care professional practice degree programs with additional knowledge, skills, and attributes in leadership, management, education, and research that will enable them to meet their current professional goals and prepare them for practice as advanced degree respiratory therapists.

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.

To learn more, click here: https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/

The program’s coursework and experiences emphasize the technical and academic competencies required of a respiratory therapist as well as the ethic and professionalism outlined by The American Association for Respiratory Care.