Respiratory Care Therapy at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia

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

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is located in Visalia, California and approximately 1,927 students attend the school each year. Of the 77 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia in 2021, 65 of them were respiratory care therapy/therapist majors.

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.

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia does offer online courses in respiratory care therapy/therapist for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks respiratory care therapy/therapist programs across the country. The following shows how San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Care Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	2
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	3
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	7
	9
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	21
	38
	51
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	53
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	86
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	265
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	329

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia.

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in respiratory care therapy/therapist from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia in 2021, 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia also has a doctoral program available in respiratory care therapy/therapist. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Respiratory Therapists	17,260	$79,640
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	530	$48,150

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.