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Respiratory Care Therapy at Luzerne County Community College

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Respiratory Care Therapy at Luzerne County Community College

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

Luzerne County Community College is located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,454 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.

Luzerne County Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Luzerne County Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Luzerne County Community College

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

Luzerne County Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Luzerne County Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Luzerne County Community College are white. Around 71% 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 Luzerne County Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 PA, the home state for Luzerne County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors 12,420 $95,160
Respiratory Therapists 5,810 $56,970
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 250 $47,430

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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