Respiratory Care Therapy at Orange Coast College

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

Orange Coast College is located in Costa Mesa, California and has a total student population of 18,125.

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.

Orange Coast College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Orange Coast College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Orange Coast College

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

Orange Coast College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

60% Women

73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Orange Coast College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

Orange Coast College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 CA, the home state for Orange Coast College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Respiratory Therapists	17,260	$79,640
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	530	$48,150

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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