Are mri technologist job opportunities growing or declining?

Are jobs in this industry on the rise? Are there any sub-sectors that are growing?

Where are the jobs? Which places have the most mri technologist opportunities?

Host said: Are jobs in this industry on the rise? Are there any sub-sectors that are growing?

Where are the jobs? Which places have the most mri technologist opportunities?

Decline, basically we have hit the saturation point. Don't know what else to say, too many x-ray technologists caused the problem, now there are many jobless new grads. It is sad and makes me feel sorry for the new students. The schools won't tell people what is going on because they have been making so much on training. It used to be when things got slow the schools would tell people now they just smooth it over with "you can find a job if you are willing to wait". Well there are still students from the class of 2007 looking for jobs in this area, so I guess the "willing to wait" part is true.

Radiographer in Beaverton, Oregon said: Decline, basically we have hit the saturation point. Don't know what else to say, too many x-ray technologists caused the problem, now there are many jobless new grads. It is sad and makes me feel sorry for the new students. The schools won't tell people what is going on because they have been making so much on training. It used to be when things got slow the schools would tell people now they just smooth it over with "you can find a job if you are willing to wait". Well there are still students from the class of 2007 looking for jobs in this area, so I guess the "willing to wait" part is true.

I suppose I should add that if you already are registered and do have experience or are really awesome at it, you can find if you are willing to move. It just is not a good idea to invest in the education unless you already are in the field. This is due to the overabundance of new x-ray grads, you see we get MRI techs from x-ray pretty much directly training from that pool, and we want smart experienced x-ray techs to train into MRI jobs. MRI can pay well, but it is almost impossible for a new x-ray techs to get jobs right now let alone cross train in MRI. Until the flood of x-ray students ends, which will only happen when enough people realize now is a bad time to go to school for it, then things will even back out. People keep asking me about X-ray and MRI, and I keep telling them to become a nurse because we really need nurses and you are pretty much guaranteed a job. I wish I could say something more positive. I can say I love the field but it just doesn't change the reality of the economics right now.

If i may add with out going into to much detail, I'm a certified MRI Technologist with an A.S. Degree in MRI that did not go to x-ray school.Most people don't understand that MRI and X-ray are 99% apart as a modality. ARRT also has a direct path to MRI certification w/o x-ray. The physics,saftey,patient care are a 180 apart. Most on the job trained MRI tech's from x-ray have no clue of the physics and saftey involved.

So find a good MRI school-Check ARRT-ACR for approved schools. Almost every job posting for MRI now will require a 2 yr degree and or certification/must.

MRI jobs at this point dep on location, ck with on-line search engines.

Good luck:)

You are absolutely right. The field is flooded. And if you are R.T.(R)(CT)(MR) like myself, you can get a job only to replace two other techs. Now I get twice the work and two techs lose their jobs vs. one. I am a Veteran Technologist that should not be covering weekends and call along with crazy fluctuating schedule, but it is the only way to stay on top. If you think you can get out of college to work in x-ray then get pregnant and have a family, think again because you will be working the worse shifts with no family life. Be a RN, in high demand set shifts, no call.....

Bill- If you only trained in MR you should not be allowed to sit for the registry and technologist like myself who can identify pathology on radiographs, CT and MR (we have seen images and the body functioning under live fluoro) We true Technologist have Worked in the O.R. and E.R. can actually see through injured people in order to know how to handle them. No facilities hire just a MR Tech, if they do, they should pay you way less and your job will not be secure. Emory University Technologist are trained in all modalities and specialize later with nothing less than a B.S. Degree "Super techs" per Radiology Magazine 10 years ago. The world is changing fast, get back to college before you get left behind.. Also it is MR not MRI anymore (MRA, MRI, MRV, MRCP, MRU and that is just for starters:-) Look up jobs on line-they all want xray experience just because they know you need it.

kira in Port Saint Lucie, Florida said: Bill- If you only trained in MR you should not be allowed to sit for the registry and technologist like myself who can identify pathology on radiographs, CT and MR (we have seen images and the body functioning under live fluoro) We true Technologist have Worked in the O.R. and E.R. can actually see through injured people in order to know how to handle them. No facilities hire just a MR Tech, if they do, they should pay you way less and your job will not be secure. Emory University Technologist are trained in all modalities and specialize later with nothing less than a B.S. Degree "Super techs" per Radiology Magazine 10 years ago. The world is changing fast, get back to college before you get left behind.. Also it is MR not MRI anymore (MRA, MRI, MRV, MRCP, MRU and that is just for starters:-) Look up jobs on line-they all want xray experience just because they know you need it.

You are way off base and out of touch with reality, suggest go go to your ARRT SITE AND CHECK OUT ACR, THEY TALK DIFFERENT THAN U DO--GOOD LICK

Good hardworking registered tech in CT & X-ray can send their resume pejss@comcast.net. We are a chicago suburb based out patient center.

I agree with Kiri. I am a Navy trained X-ray tech with maney years in ER,OR and Trauma medicine before I cross trained in MRI in 1987. Since then i have studied very hard and would go toe to toe with any AS or BS in MRI only. The trueth is that in todays economy any manager is going to pick
the tech with the modalitis in their title like me ARRT R,MR,CT

VERY INTERESTING ISSUE !!!! MRI TECHS vs X RAY TECHS !!!!! I THINK KNOWLEDGE GIVES YOU POWER! THE MORE EDUCATION YOU HAVE THE MORE CHANCES TO FIND A JOB....GOOD LUCK FOR EVERYONE !!!

Hebert,

Are you in Mexico? Any jobs there?

I am MRI Trained and no luck with jobs....I think folks are not moving at all in their jobs AND it really is who you know.

Any other MRI techs without a job?

yes I am and work for a private hospital in the city, I lived in Chicago where I took a MRI program I also have a clinical neurophysilogy and cardiac ultrasound training , there are no MRI techs here only X rays techs who are trained to use the system but have no physics knowdledge, currently there are some hospitals hiring MRI techs.......can you speak spanish? check this web site computrabajo.com.mx and type the words RESONANCIA MAGNETICA....take care!

HEBERT in Mexico, Mexico said: yes I am and work for a private hospital in the city, I lived in Chicago where I took a MRI program I also have a clinical neurophysilogy and cardiac ultrasound training , there are no MRI techs here only X rays techs who are trained to use the system but have no physics knowdledge, currently there are some hospitals hiring MRI techs.......can you speak spanish? check this web site computrabajo.com.mx and type the words RESONANCIA MAGNETICA....take care!

What about sonography jobs in Mexico? I am going to school for this and also plan to minor in spanish. What are the job prospects in Mexico? Pay? Thanks Herbert!

Herbert,

I would like to go offline and correspond personally. You can email me at radiator81@hotmail.com.

I am very interested in Mexico and have spent a lot of time there in various cities. Are you in D.F.? I would like to hear more about. Are you Mexican?

Please write to me and put "MRI Mexico" in the subject line so I do not delete since it will probably go to Junk Mail.

Thanks.

Bill said: If i may add with out going into to much detail, I'm a certified MRI Technologist with an A.S. Degree in MRI that did not go to x-ray school.Most people don't understand that MRI and X-ray are 99% apart as a modality. ARRT also has a direct path to MRI certification w/o x-ray. The physics,saftey,patient care are a 180 apart. Most on the job trained MRI tech's from x-ray have no clue of the physics and saftey involved.

So find a good MRI school-Check ARRT-ACR for approved schools. Almost every job posting for MRI now will require a 2 yr degree and or certification/must.

MRI jobs at this point dep on location, ck with on-line search engines.

Good luck:)

thank God someone is saying something positive about this matter. Gad bless

More and more you will see no MRI Technologist will be able to get a job without a ARRT(R)Xray. This has and will continue to occur in all all modalities in radiology. Hospitals/Clinics etc want one less person to insure, one less employee taking vacations etc. Less worry means Tech that has two years in XRAY,1 year in CT and/or 1 year in MRI.. So they know the anatomy and pathology. Since it is non-ionization radiation in MRI you do not need the long classes and clinical experience you do in Radiography. The only injuries I have seen in MRI are from new techs that did not work in xray for years where you learn "You do not see it, you do not taste it and you do not feel it but it is there" You cannot have MRI only techs walking around hospitals radiology dept with no knowledge of Ionizing radiation, they would be good for nothing...It is what it is people got ripped off by MRI schools....JCERT and the ARRT are dropping the ball

Christain,

We have three modalities separate in function and physics. Why is ultrasound separate from x-ray in Cert. and are they also not as worthy as x-ray?? With all do respect your comments show a lack of understanding of the real health care industry!

The low pay and the feel to keep ownership of all imaging jobs are the thing of the past( i.e.) x-ray tech own it all is over, seems most x-ray tech's are threatened by MRI schools in taking away their upward mobility.

I suggest you talk to ACR which certifies most of the industry and has the highest rating regarding your comment, most MRI school are no good. As they endorse and certify direct MRI schools including the school I grad from.!

Also look at the ARRT new notes for the past years in regards to separating focus, knowledge and safety issues that are worlds apart. As for the difference in Physics, they are a world apart, no just point and shot here! My x-ray friends doing MRI seem to understand what you do not. Take care, hope your career goes well.
William

Is it Possible for a newly Grad X-ray and go into MR accredited school do internship and eventually find a job?

You could do that,but I always new rad. tech's to work at least a year or two to hone your skills as a Radiographer before advancing to other modalities.
Robb

Bill said: If i may add with out going into to much detail, I'm a certified MRI Technologist with an A.S. Degree in MRI that did not go to x-ray school.Most people don't understand that MRI and X-ray are 99% apart as a modality. ARRT also has a direct path to MRI certification w/o x-ray. The physics,saftey,patient care are a 180 apart. Most on the job trained MRI tech's from x-ray have no clue of the physics and saftey involved.

So find a good MRI school-Check ARRT-ACR for approved schools. Almost every job posting for MRI now will require a 2 yr degree and or certification/must.

MRI jobs at this point dep on location, ck with on-line search engines.

Good luck:)

MRI is a modality in Radiology just like CT, Nuc Med etc.. Everyone who is only MRI will have no chance at a future and they can never move up without radiography(xray background) to become R.R.A. ALL Medical Radiographers have flooded CT, MRI and XRay sorry if you are ONLY MRI whether 2 years or 5years your limited education is useless. Multi modality technologist are the future, we have been moving this way for years. To those who are only MRI, @years in xray was a minimum requirement in order to go into radiation therapy like myself and for me to be accepted into Nuc/Med school as well as MRI training-Multi modality is and will further prove to be a Minimum requirement. Those who took shortcuts into MRI will not survive, Just a fact..
Good Luck

wllmlt123mri in crystal lake, Illinois said: Christain,
We have three modalities separate in function and physics. Why is ultrasound separate from x-ray in Cert. and are they also not as worthy as x-ray?? With all do respect your comments show a lack of understanding of the real health care industry!

U use to have to perform xray for 2 years b4 going into U/S for 1 more year, but shortages lowered the ARRT standards.Market is flooded,more than I have seen in 30 years and now is no time to mislead students.
Unsure if I am the Christain you ? Know that the ARRT wants more money and of course will certify schools who fit a limited requirement unlike a real University. You can try to take the shortcuts, please do..The reality is that for years it was minimum 2 yrs xray then 2 yrs radiation therapy to become a radiation therapist which made since when I did it, because while I was treating patients with a ureterostomy from previous radiation therapy treatment etc,, I knew what I was doing, when I was asked to perform the pulse sequences in MRI, to cover the pathology seen in CT or on xray I looked at the films read the Radiologist report and performed what sequences that were best for that pathology because I know pathology and I know what pathology looks like in all modalities thanks to Our University requiring us to know all b4 even being allowed to set foot in MRI. Respectfully Please tell me again Why would we go backwards in a flooded field by requiring technologist be limited/Less skilled?? With the market flooded all xray techs will move on to MRI and if smart CT since CT& U/S are in higher demand. Should we subject the patient to less skilled technologist so the Radiologist(MD) can waste his/her time requesting an amateur(MRI ONLY) repeat sequences or subject the patient to more pain, or an extended stay??Also at a Real University you are required to work in xray to 2 more years b4 performing CT OR MR because you need the experience:)

I Have been an R.T R M and a year ago got My MR cert and am still unemployed..what gives. Anyone know of ANY MRI jobs? I am willing to go Anywhere, including out of this god forsaken country!! I had a converstion with our local employment security guy who says there are jobs in Radiology. So when I asked him to prove it to me, he could not. These people take stimulus money and give it to the colleges who keep taking the money and pumping out techs. They lie to these people as does the schools. I want to see this stopped!

HEBERT in Mexico, Mexico said: VERY INTERESTING ISSUE !!!! MRI TECHS vs X RAY TECHS !!!!! I THINK KNOWLEDGE GIVES YOU POWER! THE MORE EDUCATION YOU HAVE THE MORE CHANCES TO FIND A JOB....GOOD LUCK FOR EVERYONE !!!

Your exactly right "I THINK KNOWLEDGE GIVES YOU POWER!" but when anyone states facts or history on the subject people seem to think there is an alternative motive. I work to protect patients from individuals seeking shortcuts while at the same time make sure Technologist gain knowledge in the field. Radiology is one happy family where we cross train and retrain each technologist, together we can keep the other informed while pt moves thru Xray to CT or MR or nuc/med...we are a Team open to learn and Xray is just the beginning of the Real Deal... 90% of the time the MD's order the Xray first, Medical Radiographers see the disease/symptoms first, I rotate through Xray every three-four years to stay abreast the changes and to feel the Challenge....Xray is Action with blood/sweat and fast thinking, the most challenging, the rest is easy reading.

[QUOTE who="In response to kira, it seems you are in the mind set only looking through Radiologic eyes. Your statement in all fairness has no truth and very far from reality. Research and speaking to MR Tech's should help. Your thinking is old school situations,MR Training goes into much more pathology and detailed studies than just x-ray. Also read ARRT comment on the change to separate these two modality areas because of problems and saftey issues.
Regarding your comment the new term is MR AND NOT MRI, prnsl choice/ WHY DO ALL THE JOB POSTINGS SAY OR USE MRI???GUESS EVERYONE ELSE IS OUT OF TOUCH EXCEPT YOU???ALSO AS A MR B.S. DEGREE TECH ONLY WHY DID I GET A JOB AS IMAGING MANAGER OVER X-RAY,MR AND PET BECAUSE OF MY MANAGEMENT AND MRI DEGREE????

PLEASE RESPOND AFTER YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH--SINCERELY WOK

kira is correct. Your area requires less of an education therefore the B.S. Degree could have been in anything and they would have hired you. We are talking about the real world, the rest of the U.S. ....your spelling of safety was wrong and radiologic etc..?? Below is the first job I pulled off the internet in your state..Read the requirements ARRT(R) the (R) stands for radiographer---xray:

Basic Function: The MRI Technologist coordinates and performs all tasks required to acquire high quality magnetic resonance images. He/she ameliorates oneself in educational and technological ability relative to present technology and future enhancement of MRI.

Requirements for this position include: Registered Radiographer (ARRT-R) in good standing; active license in radiography from the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety; three years experience as a technologist with documented skill advancement in the work place preferred; excellent interpersonal and guest relations skills; operational background and/or experience with microcomputer preferred; the ability to adapt to ongoing technologist changes; previous physics course-work.

Now I notice why so many educators left this Forum. Most likely for the same reason I am leaving it.
1. Too many people looking for shortcuts, clearly inexperienced yet trying to direct others to waste $$ only to be trapped the same way they are trapped in only knowing MRI..
2. No matter how much proof you show, the uneducated seem to know everything..even those that cannot spell safety, radiologist or technologist correctly.
3. Too busy to help. Going back to school to finish my Masters.
I have taught MR & MR Physics for years, so when I say Xray first well you will see why, when not too many years from now the field is even more flooded(as if possible), you have no job opportunities and you cannot advance as others from A.A.to A.S. to B.S. to M.S. because you did not get A.S. Degree as a Medical Radiographer. have a great 2010!

hello-
ok so i am thinking of applying for Wilbur Wright's college program in Radiology in chicago il. Finishing with an assoicates in applied science degree(code 0246)- soon after finding a job as a x-ray tech and later pursing a bachelors then masters. Is this recommended? would anyone say this is a waste of time and money? i would love to find a job after the associates program starting at around 50k a year- does this sound realistic???

Hi Christain Reese hopefully you will see this but can you send me an e mail to destorm18@yahoo.com, I would like to ask you some personal questions. Thank you!

Hi,
I have 3 years of experience in x-ray. The hospitla I used to work got closed.I work for one agency whose assignment just finished. Now, I don't have any job. I attened University of medicine and dentistry of NJ for MRI/CT Program. I passed CT registry one month ago, and try to find job as CT Technologist, but no luck yet. I am gonna give MRI Registry next month. I hope I would find job after that.
Any tips? Is new graduate from MRI find job in that field?

I'm a nuclear medicine tech with only clinical experience. There are no jobs in this area and I'm not in a position to move for one. All the imaging & healthcare programs in this area have 2yr wait lists. I've been accepted to a MR program and I am considering completing it in order to make myself more marketable. Yes, I realize there are limited MR jobs, but not sure what else to do. I would like to stay in the imaging field, as no other healthcare career seems appealing to me. Is my plan reasonable enough?

The more imaging modalitites under your belt the better. I am ARRT (R)(MR) but i also perform CT's, but have not bothered to be ARRT certified in it yet.
Maney of the MRI jobs i have checked on ask that I also do CT as well. Good luck

I wish you luck. I have been out of school (for MRI) for almost 2 years with only clinical experience and it is tough. Been an RT for 14 years. I have one recent possibility.I know a tech who has 14 years in MRI and is having a tough time. I am not sure I would waste my time...but that is just my opinion and expereince. You might get lucky.

I agree with welshreddragon. A lot of imaging ctrs and smaller hospitals do want their mri techs to learn ct as well. And they prefer to hire techs that already have experience doing both. I too am arrt mri certified but dont have any ct experience, but I'm about to start a mri job at a facility that is willing to train me in ct. Later on I plan to get certifed in ct as well.This is a way for companies to cut cost so they dont have to pay 2 salaries to 2 different techs. It makes good business sense to me.Plus it makes the RT look more professional and more marketable which is a benefit to the company and the RT.

Iam an mri tech/ radiographer living in Tampa,Florida after a year working for an mri center here was time for me to go and find a better job. Iam lucky to be bilingual English- Spanish, ARRT Registered in both modalities so was easy for me to find another job. after a year working for this company they lower my pay rate by 2 dollars a hour,increase the amount of patients and everyday is more and more. Remember the american secret is MONEY that is what they care for.
one day i did six mris on one patient(c/spine, l/spine, brain, rt shoulder, rt knee and rt ankle) i feel so bad for the patient but they told me to go ahead and do it because the patient is coming from the accident clinic.

nani135 in Tampa, Florida said: Iam an mri tech/ radiographer living in Tampa,Florida after a year working for an mri center here was time for me to go and find a better job. Iam lucky to be bilingual English- Spanish, ARRT Registered in both modalities so was easy for me to find another job. after a year working for this company they lower my pay rate by 2 dollars a hour,increase the amount of patients and everyday is more and more. Remember the american secret is MONEY that is what they care for.
one day i did six mris on one patient(c/spine, l/spine, brain, rt shoulder, rt knee and rt ankle) i feel so bad for the patient but they told me to go ahead and do it because the patient is coming from the accident clinic.

Thats crazy,
What was there reason for lowering your pay? is that legal? how much are you making if you dont mind b/c i am xray/mri tech also in florida and only making 21.00 an hr which is crazy

hello hebert thank you for let me know what do you think, but 8 patient or more a day is not a big deal, try to do 25 mri and 10 x-rays of the whole spine in 8 hours and you will see how do you feel. may be this is why you live in mexico. send me you e-mail and i will write to you in spanish. i love my job but enough is enough. this company is making a ton of money and cut my pay because medicare and insurances company they said do no pay enough
to them. thank god i don't live in mexico. THIS IS USA. by the way i let this job and find another one . take care nani135

sure nani135 spikesearcher@hotmail.com Im telling you I like my job and like the hospital where I work . keep in touch !!

wow what a big difference a litle change make now i feel so good working for a company that take care of patients/ employees. i know the situation is real bad in USA but for me patient is first, always without them we don't have a job.

I have been a CT/RT technologist for nearly 30 years. In those 30 years, the only new CT and MR positions are created due to growth/expansion. Well, with this economy the market is DEAD. Hospitals, OP and clinics are cutting current staff. They are laying off MRI techs. Where there where 2 per magnet, there are now 1 with a tech helper. Benefits have been cut. Raises? None. Maybe once in every 2 years, BUT only 1-2%. Medicare reinversements have been cut by 20% last month and hospitals have to cut there cost somehow. They are doing it at the expense of their staff. No one works 40 hrs anymore. Not for over a year. On top of that, with this down economy, technologist are getting laid off. Technologist that were retired or out of the field (with years of experience) have gone back to work due to their spouse or significant other losing their job. There is no pot of gold at the end of the medical rainbow. It is all media/Washington hype. From coast to coast everyone that is current employed are in fear of being laid off now. And it is across the board. Lab techs,nurses, NM etc.

Hi, I'm currently enrolled in the nuclear med program, but as I've been doing some reasearch. I see no point of being a nuc med. I wanted to change my mager to RT? I'm so cunfused. HELP!

Nancy in Pompano Beach, Florida said: Hi, I'm currently enrolled in the nuclear med program, but as I've been doing some reasearch. I see no point of being a nuc med. I wanted to change my mager to RT? I'm so cunfused. HELP!

There are not enough details here Nancy. Why do you want to change majors? From what I have heard nuc med is an excellent field. Why do you thing being an x-ray tech would be so much better? You realize that you are talking about a major life decision here, don't you? Maybe you should talk to a Career councelor. There are a lot of issues involved here that may be difficult to discuss on a public forum.....

I went to another forum on nuc med and all that was on there is how's there no jobs in that field. I went to speak to my counselor and she also said that there's no demand for nuc med in florida. I live in florida and I love it here. I dnt wanna relocate. I think I'm gonna go for radiology. What do u think?

The radiology field is flooded with techs all over the state of florida. It doesnt matter if your talking about x-ray,ct,mri,nuc med or ultrasound. The demand in Florida for those jobs is gone. I know what I'm talking about. I'm a registered radiology tech with certification in MRI as well. I lived in Florida for 7 yrs. and in 2008 when the recession hit I got laid off from my fulltime job and then all I could find was part-time or prn jobs. not enough to pay the bills. I had no choice but to move back home to GA. Plus there are so many other x-ray schools in Florida that are flooding the market with new graduates every year and they cant find jobs right now. Before you invest your time and money into a radiology school, PLEASE go to talk to radiology techs that are already working in the field because they can give you a more realistic perspective. Dont rely on what a career counselor told you. MOst of the radiology schools just want your MONEY anyway. They dont care if you dont find a job after you graduate with $20,000 worth of debt.

It's crazy how when I go online there's full of jobs hiring for x-ray tech. Be sides that I got into a car accident a month ago and I had to do a x-ray. I spoke to the tech and he also advise me to do radiology instead of nuc med. The whole world is in a recetion. Take up another major, it's gonna be the same thing. Something is better than nothing, you got a part-time job. Some people like I don't have any. I'll take my chances at radiology. Thanks anyways.

Any good schools in Central Florida?

Nancy in Pompano Beach, Florida said: Hi, I'm currently enrolled in the nuclear med program, but as I've been doing some reasearch. I see no point of being a nuc med. I wanted to change my mager to RT? I'm so cunfused. HELP!

do not go into this field.....they are laying nuclear med. techs off at an alarming rate...go into ultrasound...more jobs available there.

They schools are doing great harm by flooding the market with more and more students ....word needs to go out for us to tell students to stay out of this field they will not find jobs.

HEBERT in Mexico, Mexico said: yes I am and work for a private hospital in the city, I lived in Chicago where I took a MRI program I also have a clinical neurophysilogy and cardiac ultrasound training , there are no MRI techs here only X rays techs who are trained to use the system but have no physics knowdledge, currently there are some hospitals hiring MRI techs.......can you speak spanish? check this web site computrabajo.com.mx and type the words RESONANCIA MAGNETICA....take care!

I am getting ready to move to Veracruz with my fiancee. Could you please email me so that I can ask some questions. Thanks.

radfroggie07@yahoo.com

I can echo the comments made on this board, there is a lack of jobs in the imaging field right now , if you want to do imaging your best chance of getting a job as a new grad is ultrasound right now. There are just too many schools for everything else, new grads can't get jobs. If you are a new grad your chances of getting hired are very slim.

It is in decline, most imaging outpatient centers have 3 modalities. MR/CT/Xray. here in FL, the rate for Xray charges dropped. The field is also Saturated, specially with non trained Xray/even MR techs.

Right now Medical centers or outpatient clinic wants a 3 modality or 2 modality techs, can Do x-ray/MR and CT. The economy right now is really bad. A lot of people are getting laid off. when they lay off people theres no insurance... even Cobra coverage is getting hacked. Now people whos yapping about the 2 yr degree MR, yes it is good for you thank you and you have the knowledge of MR safety. But Most Employers Dont give a crap about it. They Want ARRT (R)(MR) techs that can do Xray/CT/MR, If you pass ARRT MR you know the basics, you know what is going on. But theres a big difference on the actual Job. And hope that you have a good OJT facility . (specially for catheters insertions) heck some techs dont even know how to Print FILMS! lol???

Yeah, its down the drain.... Pay is going down big time. everything... what you expect? so many Grads few job oppening and high unemployment rate.

ed ortega in chicago, Illinois said: hello-
ok so i am thinking of applying for Wilbur Wright's college program in Radiology in chicago il. Finishing with an assoicates in applied science degree(code 0246)- soon after finding a job as a x-ray tech and later pursing a bachelors then masters. Is this recommended? would anyone say this is a waste of time and money? i would love to find a job after the associates program starting at around 50k a year- does this sound realistic???

Did you ever pursue this? I was thinking about the MRI program too, possibly in January 2011. Waste of money or good idea? I do clerical work right now and I am just sick of it!

Did you ever pursue this? I was thinking about the MRI program too, possibly in January 2011. Waste of money or good idea? I do clerical work right now and I am just sick of it!