Respiratory Care Therapy at Hawkeye Community College

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

Hawkeye Community College is located in Waterloo, Iowa and has a total student population of 5,042.

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.

Hawkeye Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Hawkeye Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Hawkeye Community College

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

Hawkeye Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

60% Women

7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Hawkeye Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Hawkeye Community College are white. Around 93% 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 Hawkeye Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
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 IA, the home state for Hawkeye Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Health Specialties Professors	2,760	$156,320
Respiratory Therapists	950	$53,870
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	160	$44,690

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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