Respiratory Care Therapy at Erie Community College

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

Erie Community College is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 8,364 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.

Erie Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Erie Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Erie Community College

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

Erie Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Erie Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Erie Community College are white. Around 90% 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 Erie Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 NY, the home state for Erie Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Respiratory Therapists	5,740	$74,890
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	220	$56,780

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.