Respiratory Therapy

Respiratory Therapy Courses

Descriptions of respiratory therapy courses can be found in our online course catalog:

View Respiratory Therapy Course Descriptions

Upcoming Classes

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Class Formats

In the Ivy Tech Respiratory Therapy program, general education courses and RESP 204 Extended Care for the Cardiopulmonary Patient are available through online instruction. Other courses are taught in a traditional, in-person format.

Step 1

Apply to Ivy Tech

Students interested in the Respiratory Therapy program must first submit the Ivy Tech general application and complete requirements for admission to the college. During this application, you should apply for the Healthcare Specialist program with an interest in Respiratory Therapy. Admission to the college does not ensure acceptance to a health science program, but students can be working on prerequisite courses for the Respiratory Therapy program after admission to the college and before applying to the program itself.

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Step 2

Watch the Respiratory Therapy Information Session

In order to ensure all applicants are aware of the program's requirements and application guidelines, we require all students to view this information session prior to apply to the program. Click below to view the information session.

After watching the information session, you may also be interested in attending a Q&A session at your local campus. Find times for local sessions at the Local Program Highlights section.

Step 3

Apply to the Respiratory Therapy Program

Following completion of the information session and prerequisite courses, you may apply for the Respiratory Therapy program through the online application for health science programs.

Please note that the Respiratory Therapy program is a selective admission program, which means there are a limited number of spots each year.

The Respiratory Therapy program begins each fall. The application window is between March 15 and May 15. The advisor at your campus of interest has more information and you can find additional details in the program's application handbook.

View Respiratory Therapy Application Handbook

Filling Out the Respiratory Therapy Online Application

Apply to Respiratory Therapy   View Application User Guide

Before you begin:

• If you are not a current Ivy Tech Community College student, please Apply Now. You will need a C# (Ivy Tech student ID number) and Ivy Tech single sign-on login credentials in order to apply.
• Gather all required or optional documentation that you will need to upload into the system. View more about requirements here. You will have the ability to save your application in progress until you are able to secure documentation.
• If you are transferring from another institution, please make sure that your transcripts are evaluated at least 4 weeks prior to the application deadline.
  
  Frequently Asked Questions

How to Complete the Respiratory Therapy Application:

1. Go to https://apps.ivytech.edu/apply/NursingAndHealthScience
2. Log in using your Ivy Tech credentials.
3. Check to make sure your personal information is accurate.
4. Select the programs and campuses you would like to be considered as an applicant. You can select up to three different programs and three different campuses. (Some students choose to apply to multiple programs within the School of Health Sciences.)
5. You must meet all of the prerequisites for a program in order to submit your application. If you receive a message indicating that you do not meet the prerequisites, then please remove that program selection in order to proceed with the application.
6. Upload any necessary documents.
7. Make sure grades in the system are accurate. If not, please contact your home campus registrar or advisor.
8. You will be able to submit your application if you are currently enrolled in a course identified as a prerequisite for the program.
9. Once complete, submit your application.
10. You will receive an email confirmation in your Ivy Tech email account that your application has been submitted and is pending review.
11. Once you have submitted your application, you have the option to reopen it to make changes.
    
    Note: DO NOT USE THE “BACK” function on your computer. Use the navigation pane at the side of the page to navigate.

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Frequently Asked Questions

To learn more about the Health Sciences and Nursing application process, watch the below video, read the FAQ, or contact your campus of interest. 

Offers of Admission

Students can select up to three programs and three campuses each on the application. Offers of acceptance are for a specific program and campus. The offers are determined through eight rounds of auto-selection and six rounds of manual selection.

If a student is accepted, they will receive an email from the online application system to their Ivy Tech email account offering a seat in the program. Offers are emailed beginning within one week of the application close date and continue until program capacity is met or one week before the start of semester classes. Each round of offers begins at 6:00 am and applicants have until 11:59 pm the following day to either accept or reject an offer.

Depending on their rank and offers, a student could potentially receive multiple offers. Once one offer is accepted, the student is immediately withdrawn from all other offers and will be contacted by the chair or dean of the program with information about the program orientation date, time, and location.

If a student fails to respond, then the offer expires. If a student rejects an offer three (3) times, the application is removed from the auto-selection application pool but will then be available for manual selection rounds that occur later in the process.

Students do have the ability to withdraw an application at any point during the admission cycle. However, once an application is withdrawn, another one cannot be submitted until the next application cycle.

After You're Accepted

If you are accepted into the program—first off, congratulations!—you will be required to attend an orientation session at your local campus during the summer semester prior to beginning classes. An email will be sent following your acceptance with details about the session.

What If I Don’t Get Admitted?

The Respiratory Therapy program does not maintain a waitlist. Non-admitted applicants can reapply in the next application cycle, but we recommend that they meet with an advisor to begin planning and preparing for the reapplication process. Advisors can also assist students in exploring other programs of interest in Ivy Tech’s School of Health Sciences if they have applied several times and have not been accepted into the program.

What is Selective Admission?

The Respiratory Therapy program is a selective admissions program. Due to the nature of this program and the high number of applications received, we can only accept a small number of students each year. 

Weighted Point System

A weighted point system is used to evaluate applicants for admission. Student applications are assigned points based on their grades in prerequisite courses. Point totals for applicants receiving admission offers will vary between campuses. Point totals are not shared. 

If there is a tie, the tiebreaker will be determined by the student's Ivy Tech GPA from the spring semester.

Applicants can also receive an additional five points by uploading proof of the following licenses or certifications to their application: LPN, RN, military medic, EMT, Paramedic, or CNA.

Please note: 

• Optional documents must be approved in order to receive optional points.
• If an optional document is rejected, the application will process without optional points.
• Only one license or certification document can be uploaded, and only one will receive optional points, if approved, for each relevant program.  
• License or certification must be current and active.

General Education Weighted Point System

When multiple course attempts are reported on applicant transcripts (including transcripts from other colleges and universities), the highest earned grade of the first three attempts will be used for the selection decision score through the application period. Points for courses transferred from other institutions will be awarded from the grade recorded on the transcript from the other institution provided transfer credit appears on the Ivy Tech transcript.

The CoARC requires institutions and programs to be accurate in reporting a program’s accreditation status to the public. Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC): https://coarc.com/ 

As part of accreditation the respiratory program must publish on its web site the link to Program Outcomes Data. This data can be found at https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/

For individual accreditation information please see campus locations.

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

Student Outcomes

As part of accreditation the respiratory program must publish on its web site the link to Program Outcomes Data. This data can be found at https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/