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Respiratory Care Therapy at Kirkwood Community College

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Respiratory Care Therapy at Kirkwood Community College

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

Kirkwood Community College is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and approximately 12,277 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 7 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.

Kirkwood Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Kirkwood Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Kirkwood Community College

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

Kirkwood Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

71% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Kirkwood Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Kirkwood Community College are white. Around 71% 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 Kirkwood Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

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

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 IA, the home state for Kirkwood Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Health Specialties Professors 2,760 $156,320
Respiratory Therapists 950 $53,870
Respiratory Therapy Technicians 160 $44,690

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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