Respiratory Care Therapy at Oregon Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying respiratory care therapy, you may want to check out the program at Oregon Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and approximately 5,323 students attend the school each year.

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.

OIT Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at OIT

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? OIT offers distance education options for respiratory care therapy/therapist at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

OIT Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at OIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Care Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at OIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at Oregon Institute of Technology.

OIT Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at OIT since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at OIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Polysomnography
• Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Radiologic Technology
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician

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 OR, the home state for Oregon Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Respiratory Therapists	1,320	$69,000
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	40	$55,270

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.