Respiratory Care Therapy at Volunteer State Community College

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

VSCC is located in Gallatin, Tennessee and has a total student population of 8,832. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 10 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.

 

VSCC Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

VSCC Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

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Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at VSCC

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

VSCC Respiratory Care Therapy Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of respiratory care therapy/therapist associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in respiratory care therapy/therapist only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at VSCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at VSCC are white. Around 80% 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 Volunteer State 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	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
• Polysomnography
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)

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 TN, the home state for Volunteer State Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310
Respiratory Therapists	3,520	$51,400
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	120	$40,560

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.