Respiratory Care Therapy at Valencia College

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

Valencia College is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 45,949. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from Valencia College.

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.

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

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

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at Valencia College 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
	21
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Popular Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	46
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	65
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
	84
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	102
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	108
	114
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Associate Degree Schools	302

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Valencia College

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

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Valencia 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 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The respiratory care therapy/therapist program at Valencia College awarded 24 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to 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 Valencia College since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Valencia College with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Valencia College 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

• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist
• 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 FL, the home state for Valencia College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Respiratory Therapists	8,200	$57,960
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	470	$49,670

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.