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Respiratory Care Therapy at Mountain Empire Community College

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

MECC is located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and approximately 2,253 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.

MECC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MECC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at MECC

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

MECC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

100% Women

8% 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 MECC are white. Around 92% 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 Mountain Empire Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
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 VA, the home state for Mountain Empire Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Respiratory Therapists	2,550	$60,200
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	50	$52,830

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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