Respiratory Care Degree Advancement Option
Are you a working respiratory therapist looking to advance your position and your degree?
Why Advance Your Degree?
The online Master of Respiratory Care Degree Advancement Option allows working Registered Respiratory Therapists who have completed a CoARC-accredited respiratory care program, the opportunity to advance their education and professional goals while working in their home communities.
Tuition Reduction
For the 2024-2025 academic year, we are pleased to offer a 25% tuition discount to students in our newest degree advancement option – the Master of Respiratory Care DAO program. After this academic year, we will return to our regular online rate for both our resident and non-resident students. Remember that all of our online learners pay the same affordable rate regardless of residency status – a rate significantly lower than other master’s level respiratory care degree advancement programs.
Why Advance your Degree at UNMC?
Personal Plan of Study
Qualified candidates work with the program director to develop a plan of study that includes coursework and a capstone project designed to match the student's clinical and educational background with their professional goals.
Completely Online
This program is available through distance education technology and may be completed on a part-time basis by qualified respiratory care professionals. We use a variety of distance learning technologies (mostly synchronous and asynchronous online activities, independent reading, and projects).
Robust Curriculum
Curricular content offers principles of teaching and critical inquiry, management of respiratory-related public health conditions, advanced cardiopulmonary diagnostics, research, disease management, interprofessional care, quality improvement, leadership, patient coaching, and the promotion of self-management. Students will learn how to obtain one of several offered advanced certifications.
CurriculumIn Your Time
Students are allowed up to three years to complete the degree advancement option; however, it is possible to complete the program in three semesters, depending on the student's course load.
Program Snapshot
Program Highlights
Applicants must be pre-approved for enrollment by the Respiratory Therapy program and must enter the master of respiratory care program with a bachelor’s degree. To review all admission requirements and deadlines, see Admission Requirements.
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Accreditation & Licensure
The Master of Respiratory Care Degree Advancement Option, ID#520032, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, holds Provisional Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.
This status signifies that a program with an Approval of Intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance with the Standards (through submission of an acceptable Provisional Accreditation Self-Study Report and any other documentation required by the CoARC, as well as satisfactory completion of an initial on-site visit.
Accreditation Information
Commission on Accreditation of Respiratory Care
264 Precision Blvd.
Telford, TN 37690
Telephone: 817.283.2835
Fax: 817.354.8519
Email: webmaster@coarc.com