Program admission process

The Respiratory Therapist program admissions committee reviews application packets and uses established admissions criteria to rank applicants for admission. Criteria for selection emphasize academic performance in prerequisite coursework and previous education.

The priority deadline for applications to the Respiratory Therapist program is May 16, 2025. Completed program application packets may be hand-delivered to Health Science Program Assistant at the college or mailed to the college.

Contact Information
Health Science Administrative Assistant
Room R227
(406) 771-4350

Mailing Address
Respiratory Therapy Program Admissions Committee
Attention: Respiratory Therapy Program
Great Falls College
2100 16th Avenue South
Great Falls, MT 59405

Please send all application items as a completed packet. Items sent separately and at random are easily lost or misfiled. We are not responsible for any late, lost or misfiled information. Please only send required documentation as other supplemental items will be discarded.

Priority Application Due Date: May 16, 2025

It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all requirements are met by the established deadline. Deadlines, guidelines, and policies apply equally to all students; thus, there can be no exceptions.

Great Falls College’s Respiratory Therapist program does not maintain a waiting list. Applicants must reapply each year.

Information about Great Falls College’s Respiratory Therapist Program is posted on the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) website: https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/. You can see information about our program by selecting interactive map of CoARC program data and then Great Falls from the map. Graduate job placement and credentialing success as well as program attrition data for all CoARC accredited program is also posted at this site. Click on Outcomes data from the Annual Report of Current Status. Programs are listed by state.

The Great Falls College Respiratory Therapy Program, CoARC # 200327, Associate of Applied Science degree, in Great Falls, Montana, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (www.coarc.com).

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.

The Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners:

The Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners are the licensing authority for the State of Montana.

Professional Association

The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) encourages students and graduates to become members and participate in national and state meetings. The AARC’s aim is to foster professional growth, encourage research, and provide services and representation to its members. Further information may be obtained from the national office.

Great Falls College’s Respiratory Therapist program has teamed up with Boise State University to help you seamlessly finish up your bachelor’s of science degree in Respiratory Therapy after you complete your degree at Great Falls College.

There are some things you will want to know about degree advancement early in your time with us here at MSU so please visit the Boise State Degree Advancement Program for information about what you can do now to take the first step towards your BSRT degree and then schedule a meeting with your program faculty to discuss this important next step.

Respiratory Therapy Program Assessment Plan: Outcomes, curriculum map, and plan are under review AY 21-22. Annual report will be submitted in May 2023.