Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant at Dalton State College

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

DSC is located in Dalton, Georgia and approximately 4,794 students attend the school each year.

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

DSC Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant

DSC Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Rankings

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Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Student Demographics at DSC

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

DSC Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of respiratory therapy technician/assistant associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory therapy technician/assistant only graduates about 33% men each year. The program at DSC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

DSC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory therapy technician/assistant graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dalton State College with a associate's in respiratory therapy technician/assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant

Careers That Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in respiratory therapy technician/assistant 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
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.