Respiratory Care Therapy at Fresno City College

If you are interested in studying respiratory care therapy/therapist, you may want to check out the program at Fresno City College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Fresno City College is located in Fresno, California and approximately 22,278 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.

Fresno City College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Fresno City College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Fresno City College

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

Fresno City College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Fresno City College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 23% more women than average.

Fresno City 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 30% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for Fresno City 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.