✓ Lead with impact
✓ Achieve credentialing success
✓ Master complex cases
Find a clear path to leadership
Healthcare professionals often face limited opportunities for specialized respiratory therapy roles, leaving them unprepared for leadership or advanced clinical responsibilities. Without the right training, your career trajectory can plateau, limiting your ability to make a greater impact.
Excel in respiratory care
Rush University’s MS in Respiratory Care enables graduates to lead in diverse settings—from critical care units to academia. You’ll gain hands-on experience, build research expertise, and join a community with 100% credentialing success. Graduates consistently see increased earning potential and career advancement.
Start your path to leadership in three steps
Step 1: Request the program guide
Fill out the form to receive detailed career paths and program insights.
Step 2: Join an info session
Meet faculty, explore career outcomes, and determine fit.
Step 3: Begin your application
Take the next step toward earning your MS in Respiratory Care.
See how others excelled
Nicolé Cooper, respiratory care grad and USPHS officer
“I have so many opportunities to be exposed to leadership positions at Rush. That is the biggest advantage Rush has afforded me, especially when moving forward in my career.”
Laura Tonyan, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS
“I chose Rush because I wanted a career as a respiratory therapist specializing in clinical research. Rush’s MS in Respiratory Care program provided both the intensive respiratory care education I required as well as the robust training in clinical research I desired. Without my MS from Rush I would not have the career I have today.”
Brady Scott, PhD, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC, FCCP Respiratory therapist & Professor
“As an alum and a faculty member, I can tell you that Rush is different. We’re unique. Each day, students are surrounded by faculty that are bedside practitioners, and they get to do research with those same faculty that understand what is needed to change patient outcomes.”
Empower your career and patient outcomes
Transition to a specialized role in healthcare through Rush’s MS program.
Here’s how you’ll benefit:
Lead critical care teams and patient outcomes
Gain expertise across neonatal to adult care
Build research skills that advance the profession
Increase earning potential and career stability
Open doors to leadership with one MS degree
Start shaping your future in respiratory care today.
