Respiratory Care Therapy at Dixie State University

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

Dixie State College is located in Saint George, Utah and approximately 12,043 students attend the school each year.

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.

Dixie State College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Dixie State College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Dixie State College

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

Dixie State College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Dixie State College are white. Around 75% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Dixie State College 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

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Surgical Technology
• 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 UT, the home state for Dixie State University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Health Specialties Professors	2,120	$141,550
Respiratory Therapists	910	$61,480
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	110	$49,680

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 Manway under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.