Respiratory Care Therapy at Northwest Mississippi Community College

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

NWCC is located in Senatobia, Mississippi and approximately 7,092 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.

NWCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

NWCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at NWCC

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

NWCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

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 NWCC are white. Around 86% 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 Northwest Mississippi Community College with a associate's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Surgical 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 MS, the home state for Northwest Mississippi 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.