Respiratory Care Therapy at Delgado Community College

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

Delgado Community College is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 13,251.

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.

Delgado Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Delgado Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Delgado Community College

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

Delgado Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

46% Women

54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Delgado Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 27% more women than average.

Delgado 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 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 LA, the home state for Delgado Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Respiratory Therapists	2,380	$53,510
Health Specialties Professors	880	$105,820
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	220	$49,010

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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