Master of Science in Respiratory Care – Leadership Concentration Online

Take your RRT experience to the next level. This respected online M.S. in Respiratory Care – Leadership program prepares you for in-demand upper management roles in clinical, research, and educational settings.

Apply by: 12/30/24
Start class: 1/13/25
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Program Overview

Check all the boxes with your master’s in respiratory care online program

Develop your respiratory care leadership skills and open the door to a range of career options in your field. This affordable, 100% online respiratory care leadership M.S. program—one of the largest in the country—combines graduate-level respiratory care courses with specialized studies in areas such as finance, healthcare law and policy, and organizational behavior.

Learn from highly qualified faculty and take advantage of the opportunity to network with like-minded professionals in Texas State’s online respiratory care degree program. With the convenience of pay-as-you-go tuition, multiple start dates, and 24/7 access to course work, you can begin studying at your own pace while you continue to work.

Respiratory care career opportunities:

  • Advanced Clinician
  • Faculty/Educator
  • Clinical Specialist
  • Account Executive
  • Medical Liaison
  • Clinical Supervisor
  • Director/Manager
  • Research Coordinator
Respiratory care career opportunities:
  • Advanced Clinician
  • Faculty/Educator
  • Clinical Specialist
  • Account Executive
  • Medical Liaison
  • Clinical Supervisor
  • Director/Manager
  • Research Coordinator

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We offer a variety of student-centered online degrees that can help you advance. Explore other healthcare programs.

Total Tuition $17,964*
Duration As few as 14-22 months
Credit Hours 36
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Tuition

Pay-as-you-go tuition helps make this online respiratory care leadership M.S. affordable

Tuition for the M.S. in Respiratory Care – Leadership online program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
M.S. in Respiratory Care – Leadership $499 $1,497 $17,964*

*Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. For more information, please visit https://onestop.txst.edu/cost-payments/cost-attendance.html.

Tuition breakdown

Total Tuition $17,964*
Per Credit Hour $499

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Calendar

Keep these key dates and deadlines in mind

The Texas State Master of Science in Respiratory Care – Leadership is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 1 20251/13/2512/30/241/6/251/13/251/13/253/3/258 weeks
Spring 2 20253/4/252/18/252/25/253/4/253/4/255/7/258 weeks

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Apply by 12/30/24
Start Class 1/13/25

Admissions

Discover what’s needed to apply to our master’s in respiratory care leadership online program

Apply to the online M.S. in Respiratory Care – Leadership program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.

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To be eligible to earn your Master of Science in Respiratory Care, Clinical Specialist Concentration online from Texas State University, you must have the following:

    • Completed online application
    • Nonrefundable application fee of $55
    • Must be a credentialed Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
    • 2.75 GPA or higher in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work including any graduate work
    • Resume/CV
    • Statement of purpose
    • Completed bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
    • Three letters of recommendation from professionals or academics competent to assess the student’s interest in pursuing a career or advancing in the field of study


Approved English Proficiency Exam Scores:

Applicants are required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements below unless they have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a country on our exempt countries list.

  • Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall
  • Official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
  • Official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
  • Official Duolingo scores required with a 110 overall
  • Official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall

You have the opportunity to upload copies of your official transcripts during the application process (not print-outs, grade reports, advising transcripts or transcripts stamped "unofficial"). You can accomplish this by ordering or requesting your official transcripts from your university registrar, opening the documents, and scanning them into one PDF file. Please follow the instructions below when uploading your documents:

  • Redact your social security number every time it appears, but do not make additional alterations
  • Include front pages and back pages as well as the transcript legend
  • Combine multiple pages and/or multiple transcripts into one PDF
  • Arrange all pages in the correct order
  • Remove any encryption/password protections


    • Electronic transcripts can be sent to Texas State University graduate admissions at [email protected].

    Official transcripts can be mailed to:

    TXST One Stop
    Texas State University – Graduate Admissions
    601 University Dr.
    San Marcos, TX 78666

    Admission Requirements

    • Minimum 2.75 GPA
    • No GRE required
    • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university

    Courses

    Explore your online respiratory care leadership M.S. courses

    To graduate from the M.S. in Respiratory Care – Leadership online degree program, you must complete a total of 36 credit hours, including 24 credit hours of core courses, and 12 credit hours of concentration courses.

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    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    An in-depth study of cardiovascular and respiratory physiology. This course investigates pathologic physiological changes, adaptive mechanisms, and interrelationships of the cardiopulmonary systems. Students will apply advanced cardiopulmonary physiology to the management of patients requiring respiratory care services.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    An examination of the roles of clinical practice guidelines and protocols in the continuum of patient care. Analysis of the development, modification, initiation, and evaluation of patient outcomes will be covered. Barriers to protocol practice and strategies for implementation will be explored. Evidence-based outcomes will be summarized through literature reviews.
    Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    Provides an in-depth study of medical research including evaluation of published, peer-reviewed research designs. Students examine research articles and evaluate evidence-based research findings. Topics include: research ethics, sampling and research design, test statistics, conclusions, and practical verses statistical significance. Students will explore research protocol development, research proposals, and project management.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    A comprehensive study of patient education and self-management of cardiopulmonary disease exacerbations including disease information, prevention and treatment. Programs for patient self-assessment , treatment efficiency, adjustment of drug regimen, behavior modification, and nicotine addiction will be examined. Methods for documenting outcomes and patient behavior modification will be covered.
    Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    This course offers an opportunity to apply research methods and design concepts. Students will design and submit a research proposal to the Texas State University's Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduction to the foundations necessary to build a strong understanding of academic administration, fiscal planning, curriculum development, and outcomes assessment for respiratory therapist programs. Topics include preparation of annual accreditation reports, organization of clinical practice rotations, the role of advisory committees, and integration of didactic, laboratory, and clinical experiences.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    In-depth discussion of topics related to current issues and trends in the profession and the impact on patient care services. Includes journal review, group discussion, project development, and online presentation.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    An overview of advanced cardiopulmonary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures addressing selected disorders including asthma, chronic obstructive lung diseases, restrictive lung diseases, pulmonary edema, congestive heart failure, and cardiac disorders. International disease standards and classifications established by the World Health Organization with appropriate treatment protocols will be discussed.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    This course addresses legal issues pertaining to health services as they relate to providers and consumers within the health care system. It covers the legal issues surrounding the relationship of patients, providers, and health care institutions. It examines managerial and clinical ethics as they relate to the provision of health services. The course also addresses policy issues at state and national levels, including how to analyze policies and facilitate policy development, from the perspective of various stakeholders. Students evaluate changing healthcare policy paradigms and decision points.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    This course provides a foundation and conceptual framework for understanding and navigating healthcare organizational behavior, grounded in the study of organizational, management, leadership, motivation, teaming, cultural theories, drawing from the behavioral and social sciences. Students learn and practice applied skills in communication, motivation, leadership, teaming, collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, decision-making, change and conflict management through an experiential-learning project.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    This course introduces selected financial management concepts and practices in healthcare organizations. It is a broad introduction to important financial theories, tools, issues, and terminology. Throughout the course, students apply financial management concepts in practical assignments related to health insurance and reimbursement methods, basic managerial accounting, interpretation of health care financial statements, cost and profit analysis, departmental and service line costing and pricing, and planning and budgeting.
    Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
    Credit Hours: 3
    This course is designed to prepare allied health professionals in a leadership degree program for managerial positions in healthcare organizations by providing sufficient knowledge of industry financial matters so they can provide input to the organization's chief executive officer.

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