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Respiratory Care Therapy at Palm Beach State College

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Respiratory Care Therapy at Palm Beach State College

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

Palm Beach State College is located in Lake Worth, Florida and approximately 26,666 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.

Palm Beach State College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Palm Beach State College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Palm Beach State College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at Palm Beach State College.

Palm Beach State College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

55% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 Palm Beach State College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

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Palm Beach State 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 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Palm Beach State 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 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Palm Beach State College also has a doctoral program available in respiratory care therapy/therapist. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 FL, the home state for Palm Beach State College.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors 9,250 $80,990
Respiratory Therapists 8,200 $57,960
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 470 $49,670

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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