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Respiratory Care Therapy at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

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Respiratory Care Therapy at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory care therapy/therapist school? To help you decide if NorthWest Arkansas Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory care therapy/therapist program.

NWACC is located in Bentonville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 7,411.

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.

NWACC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

NWACC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at NWACC

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

NWACC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

94% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at NWACC are white. Around 56% 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 NorthWest Arkansas 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 7
White 9
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 AR, the home state for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Health Specialties Professors 1,600 $146,380
Respiratory Therapists 1,090 $52,050
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 320 $47,050

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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