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Respiratory Care Therapy at Moraine Valley Community College

If you are interested in studying respiratory care therapy/therapist, you may want to check out the program at Moraine Valley Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MVCC is located in Palos Hills, Illinois and approximately 11,026 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 12 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.

MVCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MVCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at MVCC

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

MVCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

58% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at MVCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at MVCC are white. Around 75% 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 Moraine Valley Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
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 IL, the home state for Moraine Valley Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Respiratory Therapists	4,150	$60,500
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	650	$56,340

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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