Respiratory Care Therapy at Miami Dade College

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory care therapy/therapist school? To help you decide if Miami Dade College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory care therapy/therapist program.

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 46,523.

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.

MDC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MDC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at MDC

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

MDC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

69% Women

88% 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 MDC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 FL, the home state for Miami Dade College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Respiratory Therapists	8,200	$57,960
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	470	$49,670

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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