Respiratory Care Therapy at Reading Area Community College

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

RACC is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,924.

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.

RACC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

RACC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at RACC

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

RACC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

83% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at RACC are white. Around 61% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
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 PA, the home state for Reading Area Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Respiratory Therapists	5,810	$56,970
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	250	$47,430

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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