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Respiratory Care Therapy at Catawba Valley Community College

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

CVCC is located in Hickory, North Carolina and approximately 4,328 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 8 students received their associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

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.

CVCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

CVCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at CVCC

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

CVCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

100% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at CVCC are white. Around 63% 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 Catawba Valley Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NC, the home state for Catawba Valley Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Respiratory Therapists	4,390	$56,620

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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