Respiratory Care Therapy at Del Mar College

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

DMC is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and has a total student population of 10,678.

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.

DMC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

DMC 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 DMC

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

DMC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

DMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Surgical Technology
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• 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 TX, the home state for Del Mar College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Respiratory Therapists	11,250	$59,930
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	1,090	$51,930

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.