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Respiratory Care Therapy at Santa Monica College

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

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

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.

SMC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

SMC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

50% Women
92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 23% more women than average.

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SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Monica 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 0
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 0
International Students 1
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 CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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