Respiratory Care Therapy at Los Angeles Valley College

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy/therapist, take a look at what Los Angeles Valley College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LAVC is located in Valley Glen, California and has a total student population of 15,957.

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.

LAVC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

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

LAVC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at LAVC

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

LAVC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at LAVC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

LAVC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 Los Angeles Valley 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.