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Respiratory Care Therapy at Lamar Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying Respiratory Care Therapy, consider the program at Lamar Institute of Technology. Get started with the following essential facts.

Lamar Institute of Technology is in Beaumont, TX.

During the most recent reporting year, 17 respiratory care therapy degrees were granted at Lamar Institute of Technology.

Online & Distance Learning at Lamar Institute of Technology

Many students take online classes at Lamar Institute of Technology. Of 5,680 students, 1,839 (32%) studied exclusively online and 1,711 (30%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the student demographics for Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Lamar Institute of Technology, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Lamar Institute of Technology are 94% women (16) and 6% men (1).

Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program at Lamar Institute of Technology

Among the 17 associate’s respiratory care therapy graduates at Lamar Institute of Technology, 94% were women (16) and 6% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Lamar Institute of Technology.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	6
Hispanic / Latino	5
Black / African American	3
Asian	3

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Lamar Institute of Technology, higher than 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 Lamar Institute of Technology work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Respiratory Care Therapy graduates, 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.