Respiratory Care Therapy at Grossmont College

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

Grossmont College is located in El Cajon, California and approximately 15,426 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.

Grossmont College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Grossmont College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Grossmont College

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

Grossmont College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

69% Women

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Grossmont College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Grossmont 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 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist

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 Grossmont 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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