Program Accreditation

Accreditation Information

The Albany State University Associate of Science Degree in Respiratory Care (200419) at Albany State University, 2400 Gillionville Road, Albany, GA is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).

Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
1248 Harwood Rd. Bedford, TX 76021
Telephone: (817) 283-2835
Website: https://coarc.com/ 

The CoARC accredits Entry into Professional Practice respiratory care programs at the Associate, Baccalaureate, and Master’s degree levels, as well as post-professional Degree Advancement respiratory care programs at the Baccalaureate and Master’s degree levels and Advanced Practice respiratory care programs at the graduate level. The CoARC also accredits certificate programs that train sleep disorders specialists offered by any of its accredited respiratory care programs. CoARC accreditation is limited to programs physically located in the United States and its territories.

The 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.

Program Outcomes Data can be found here: https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/

Institutional Accreditation

Albany State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) as a Level IV institution.

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