Respiratory Care Therapy at Bergen Community College

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory care therapy/therapist school? To help you decide if Bergen Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory care therapy/therapist program.

Bergen Community College is located in Paramus, New Jersey and has a total student population of 11,409.

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.

Bergen Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Bergen Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Bergen Community College

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

Bergen Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Bergen Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 22% more women than average.

Bergen Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 NJ, the home state for Bergen Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Health Specialties Professors	4,420	$109,190
Respiratory Therapists	3,090	$73,390
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	60	$64,260

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.