Respiratory Care Therapy at Butte College

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

Butte College is located in Oroville, California and has a total student population of 9,335.

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.

Butte College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Butte College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Butte College

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

Butte College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

62% Women

46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Butte College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Butte College are white. Around 54% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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

Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)

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 Butte 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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