Respiratory Care Therapy at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy, take a look at what Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Southern is located in Logan, West Virginia and approximately 1,474 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.

Southern Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Southern Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Southern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.

Southern Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

70% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Southern may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Southern are white. Around 100% 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 Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 WV, the home state for Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Respiratory Therapists	1,020	$50,420
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	60	$51,700

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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