Respiratory Care Therapy at Springfield Technical Community College

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

STCC is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and approximately 4,327 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.

STCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

STCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at STCC

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

STCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at STCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

STCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Radiologic Technology
• Surgical Technology

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 MA, the home state for Springfield Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Respiratory Therapists	2,370	$73,660
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	200	$60,060

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.