Respiratory Care Therapy at Florida State College at Jacksonville

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

FSCJ is located in Jacksonville, Florida and has a total student population of 22,344.

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.

FSCJ Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

FSCJ 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 FSCJ

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

FSCJ Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at FSCJ may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

FSCJ does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist
• 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 FL, the home state for Florida State College at Jacksonville.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Respiratory Therapists	8,200	$57,960
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	470	$49,670

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.