Respiratory Care Therapy at Columbia College

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

Columbia College South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 1,218 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 respiratory care therapy/therapist majors received their bachelor's degree from Columbia College South Carolina.

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.

Columbia College South Carolina Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia College South Carolina

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Columbia College South Carolina does offer online courses in respiratory care therapy/therapist for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Columbia College South Carolina Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at Columbia College South Carolina compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at Columbia College South Carolina is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Care Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	20
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	210
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	346

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Columbia College South Carolina

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

Columbia College South Carolina Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care Therapy from Columbia College South Carolina in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia College South Carolina since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Columbia College South Carolina also has a doctoral program available in respiratory care therapy/therapist. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 SC, the home state for Columbia College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Health Specialties Professors	2,980	$72,470
Respiratory Therapists	1,770	$55,990
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	140	$49,520

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.