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Respiratory Care Therapy at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and has a total student population of 52,873.

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.

Northern Virginia Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Northern Virginia Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

80% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Northern Virginia Community 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 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 VA, the home state for Northern Virginia Community College.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Respiratory Therapists 2,550 $60,200
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 50 $52,830

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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