Respiratory Care Therapy at College of DuPage

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

COD is located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,010.

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.

COD Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

COD Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at COD

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

COD Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at COD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Surgical Technology
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• 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 IL, the home state for College of DuPage.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Respiratory Therapists	4,150	$60,500
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	650	$56,340

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.