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Respiratory Care Therapy at Ivy Tech Community College

If you plan to study Respiratory Care Therapy, take a look at what Ivy Tech Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ivy Tech Community College is in Indianapolis, IN.

During the most recent reporting year, 113 respiratory care therapy degrees were granted at Ivy Tech Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Ivy Tech Community College

Distance learning is available at Ivy Tech Community College. Among 110,710 students, 16,515 (15%) studied exclusively online and 16,087 (15%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Ivy Tech Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Ivy Tech Community College are 84% women (95) and 16% men (18).

Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program at Ivy Tech Community College

Among the 113 associate’s respiratory care therapy graduates at Ivy Tech Community College, 84% were women (95) and 16% were men (18).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	69
Hispanic / Latino	10
Black / African American	25
Asian	4
Two or More Races	3
Unknown	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Ivy Tech 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.

Best-Paid Careers for Respiratory Care Therapy Graduates

Students who finish Respiratory Care Therapy program at Ivy Tech Community College pursue many career paths. The table below ranks 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.