Respiratory Care Therapy at Dalton State College

Every respiratory care therapy/therapist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at Dalton State College stacks up to those at other schools.

DSC is located in Dalton, Georgia and has a total student population of 4,794. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from DSC.

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.

DSC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

DSC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at DSC 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
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
	35
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	182
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	203
	212
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	277
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	293

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at DSC

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

DSC Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 respiratory care therapy/therapist students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from DSC, about 38% were men and 63% 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 DSC since its program graduates 11% 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 Dalton State College with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

DSC 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

• 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 GA, the home state for Dalton State College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Respiratory Therapists	4,220	$57,520
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	420	$48,160

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.