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Respiratory Care Therapy at Northwest Mississippi Community College

If you plan to study Respiratory Care Therapy, you may want to check out the program at Northwest Mississippi Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwest Mississippi Community College sits in Senatobia, MS.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 13 respiratory care therapy graduations were recorded at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Studying Online at Northwest Mississippi Community College

Distance learning is available at Northwest Mississippi Community College. Of 7,867 students, 2,272 (29%) studied exclusively online and 3,085 (39%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the diversity of Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Northwest Mississippi Community College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Northwest Mississippi Community College are 92% women (12) and 8% men (1).

Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program at Northwest Mississippi Community College

Of the 13 associate’s respiratory care therapy graduates at Northwest Mississippi Community College, 92% were women (12) and 8% were men (1).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	7
Black / African American	6

Minority students account for 46% of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Northwest Mississippi Community College, lower 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 Northwest Mississippi Community College work across a variety of fields. Below are the top-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.