Respiratory Care Therapy at Valencia College

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

Valencia College is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 45,949 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.

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at Valencia College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Care Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Valencia College

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

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Valencia 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 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Valencia College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Valencia College Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Valencia College with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist
• 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 Valencia 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.