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Respiratory Care Therapy at Trident Technical College

If you are interested in studying Respiratory Care Therapy, consider the program at Trident Technical College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Trident Technical College is located in Charleston, SC.

During the most recent reporting year, 9 respiratory care therapy graduations were recorded at Trident Technical College.

Online & Distance Learning at Trident Technical College

Many students take online classes at Trident Technical College. Among 13,552 students, 6,295 (46%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 2,982 (22%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Trident Technical College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Respiratory Care Therapy graduates at Trident Technical College are 78% women (7) and 22% men (2).

Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program at Trident Technical College

Of the 9 associate’s respiratory care therapy graduates at Trident Technical College, 78% were women (7) and 22% were men (2).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Trident Technical College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	6
Black / African American	2
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 22% of Respiratory Care Therapy associate’s degree recipients at Trident Technical College, lower than the national average of 54%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Respiratory Care Therapy Graduates

Those who complete Respiratory Care Therapy program at Trident Technical College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Respiratory Care Therapy graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$153,940
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$153,819
Respiratory Therapists	$128,345
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$81,316
Patient Representatives	$47,419
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$46,663

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.