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Respiratory Care Therapy at Mt. Hood Community College

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Respiratory Care Therapy at Mt. Hood Community College

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

MHCC is located in Gresham, Oregon and has a total student population of 6,812.

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.

MHCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MHCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at MHCC

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

MHCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

84% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at MHCC are white. Around 84% 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 Mt. Hood Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 OR, the home state for Mt. Hood Community College.

Occupation Jobs in OR Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors 3,660 $145,380
Respiratory Therapists 1,320 $69,000
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 40 $55,270

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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