Respiratory Care Therapy at Angelina College

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy/therapist, take a look at what Angelina College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

AC is located in Lufkin, Texas and approximately 4,195 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Respiratory Care Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

AC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

AC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at AC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at Angelina College.

AC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at AC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

AC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Angelina College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Surgical Technology
• Radiologic Technology

Careers That Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Grads May Go Into

A degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Angelina College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Respiratory Therapists	11,250	$59,930
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	1,090	$51,930

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.