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Respiratory Therapy Technician at Highline College

If you plan to study Respiratory Therapy Technician, consider the program at Highline College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Highline College is in Des Moines, WA.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 39 respiratory therapy technician degrees were granted at Highline College.

Online Class Availability at Highline College

Many students take online classes at Highline College. Among 5,592 students, 2,081 (37%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,915 (34%) took at least some classes online.

Respiratory Therapy Technician Rankings at Highline College

Use these rankings to compare Highline College’s Respiratory Therapy Technician program against other schools offering the same major.

Bachelor’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Far Western (Region)	#1 of 5
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#1 of 14
Best Schools (Quality)	Washington	#1 of 3
Best Value	Far Western (Region)	#4 of 6
Best Value	Washington	#4 of 4
Best Value	Nationwide	#11 of 18

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Respiratory Therapy Technician graduates at Highline College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Respiratory Therapy Technician graduates at Highline College are 82% women (32) and 18% men (7).

Respiratory Therapy Technician Associate’s Program at Highline College

Of the 19 associate’s respiratory therapy technician graduates at Highline College, 79% were women (15) and 21% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Respiratory Therapy Technician associate’s degree recipients at Highline College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	2
Hispanic / Latino	2
Black / African American	8
Asian	5
International (Nonresident)	1
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 79% of Respiratory Therapy Technician associate’s degree recipients at Highline College, above the national average of 62%.*

Respiratory Therapy Technician Bachelor’s Program at Highline College

Of the 20 bachelor’s respiratory therapy technician degrees awarded at Highline College, 85% were women (17) and 15% were men (3).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Respiratory Therapy Technician bachelor’s degree recipients at Highline College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	4
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	6
Asian	7
International (Nonresident)	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of Respiratory Therapy Technician bachelor’s degree recipients at Highline College, above the national average of 37%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Respiratory Therapy Technician Graduates

Graduates of the Respiratory Therapy Technician program at Highline College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Respiratory Therapy Technician graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$153,940
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$153,819
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$81,316
Patient Representatives	$47,419

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.