Respiratory Care Therapy at St Petersburg College

Every respiratory care therapy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the respiratory care therapy/therapist program at St Petersburg College stacks up to those at other schools.

SPC is located in St. Petersburg, Florida and has a total student population of 26,430.

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.

SPC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

SPC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at SPC

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

SPC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

SPC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St Petersburg 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	6
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• 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 FL, the home state for St Petersburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Respiratory Therapists	8,200	$57,960
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	470	$49,670

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 John O’Neill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.