Respiratory Care Therapy at Trident Technical College

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory care therapy/therapist school? To help you decide if Trident Technical College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory care therapy/therapist program.

Trident Technical College is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 11,650 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.

Trident Technical College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Trident Technical College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Trident Technical College

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

Trident Technical College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

67% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 Trident Technical College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

Trident Technical College 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 Trident Technical College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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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 SC, the home state for Trident Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Health Specialties Professors	2,980	$72,470
Respiratory Therapists	1,770	$55,990
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	140	$49,520

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*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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