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Respiratory Care Therapy at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy/therapist, take a look at what Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and has a total student population of 8,677. 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.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

89% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are white. Around 61% 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 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Respiratory Therapists	1,500	$49,220
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	320	$45,730

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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