Respiratory Care Therapy at Shawnee State University

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy, take a look at what Shawnee State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Shawnee State University is located in Portsmouth, Ohio and has a total student population of 3,485.

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.

Shawnee State University Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Shawnee State University Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Shawnee State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at Shawnee State University.

Shawnee State University Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Shawnee State University may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Shawnee State University are white. Around 58% 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 Shawnee State University with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Athletic Training
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 OH, the home state for Shawnee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Health Specialties Professors	10,330	$130,280
Respiratory Therapists	6,200	$56,830
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	210	$46,980

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 Spongefan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.