Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant at Highline College

Every respiratory therapy technician/assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the respiratory therapy technician/assistant program at Highline College stacks up to those at other schools.

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and approximately 5,829 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

Highline Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant
• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant

Highline Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Rankings

The respiratory therapy technician/assistant major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Student Demographics at Highline

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory therapy technician/assistant majors at Highline College.

Highline Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of respiratory therapy technician/assistant associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory therapy technician/assistant graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Highline Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of respiratory therapy technician/assistant bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its respiratory therapy technician/assistant bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a bachelor's in respiratory therapy technician/assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Medical/Clinical Assistant

Careers That Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in respiratory therapy technician/assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Highline College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	60	$58,190

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.