Respiratory Care Therapy at Santa Fe Community College

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

SFCC is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has a total student population of 3,459.

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.

SFCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

SFCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at SFCC

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

SFCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at SFCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

SFCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

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 NM, the home state for Santa Fe Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Respiratory Therapists	750	$58,200

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.