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Respiratory Care Therapy at El Camino College

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Respiratory Care Therapy at El Camino College

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory care therapy/therapist school? To help you decide if El Camino College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory care therapy/therapist program.

El Camino College is located in Torrance, California and approximately 20,418 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.

El Camino College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

El Camino College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at El Camino College

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

El Camino College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

68% Women
84% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at El Camino College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

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El Camino College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 CA, the home state for El Camino College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Respiratory Therapists 17,260 $79,640
Health Specialties Professors 11,540 $161,770
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 530 $48,150

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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