Respiratory Care Therapy at SUNY Westchester Community College

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

SUNY Westchester Community College is located in Valhalla, New York and approximately 10,072 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.

SUNY Westchester Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

SUNY Westchester Community College 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 SUNY Westchester Community College

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

SUNY Westchester Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at SUNY Westchester Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

SUNY Westchester Community 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 34% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Westchester Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Respiratory Therapists	5,740	$74,890
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	220	$56,780

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.