Respiratory Care Therapy at McLennan Community College

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

MCC is located in Waco, Texas and has a total student population of 7,742. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 18 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.

 

MCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at MCC

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

MCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

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 MCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

MCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in respiratory care therapy/therapist graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from McLennan 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	8
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Surgical Technology
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Radiologic Technology

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 TX, the home state for McLennan Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Respiratory Therapists	11,250	$59,930
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	1,090	$51,930

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.