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Respiratory Care Therapy at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

If you plan to study Respiratory Care Therapy, you may want to check out the program at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Copiah-Lincoln Community College is in Wesson, MS.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 2 respiratory care therapy graduations were recorded at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Online Class Availability at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Distance learning is available at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Of 2,932 students, 715 (24%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,292 (44%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Copiah-Lincoln Community College are 50% women (1) and 50% men (1).

Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Among the 2 associate’s respiratory care therapy graduates at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, 50% were women (1) and 50% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	1
Black / African American	1

Minority students account for 50% of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, below the national average of 54%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Top-Paying Careers for Respiratory Care Therapy Graduates

Those who complete Respiratory Care Therapy program at Copiah-Lincoln Community College work across a variety of fields. Below are the highest-paying careers for Respiratory Care Therapy majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$153,940
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$153,819
Respiratory Therapists	$128,345
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$81,316
Patient Representatives	$47,419
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$46,663

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.