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I originally wanted to do diagnostic sonography but the tech school is not accredited so that means you have to find someone to hire you for 1 year before you can even take the exam.
This same school is accredited for radiologic tech. I live in an area of about 250,000 people and they are the only school within 100 miles that offers this program so I am a little hopeful. We also have quite a few large hospitals in the area. The next group will not be able to start until Jan 2012 so in the meantime I am going to begin one of the certificate programs and get a part time job.

Anyone else excited about the prospects of a new beginning? I am a 30 year old married woman and this is just the right time for me!

My question really quick is what can I expect to make WHEN I find a job as a new radiologic tech? I live in GA so I am sure we are on the lower end. As long as I can make 30K a year I am fine with it. Just looking for an idea of what to expect and to tell the hubby. :)

I graduated and got my AAS and certificate in May and if there's one piece of wisdom I have for anybody pursuing this degree, it's this: Start making connections.

Volunteer, work somewhere in the hospital, or try for a student tech job during your second year. Anything to give you one leg up over someone else who just graduated from a program and had no work experience in it(which would've been me LOL).

I think in OK you're looking at 16-18 dollars, higher if you're PRN, or lower if you're in a clinic setting. I don't know how much different GA would be.

Goodluck, though :)

nico in Lancaster, Texas said: I graduated and got my AAS and certificate in May and if there's one piece of wisdom I have for anybody pursuing this degree, it's this: Start making connections.

Volunteer, work somewhere in the hospital, or try for a student tech job during your second year. Anything to give you one leg up over someone else who just graduated from a program and had no work experience in it(which would've been me LOL).

I think in OK you're looking at 16-18 dollars, higher if you're PRN, or lower if you're in a clinic setting. I don't know how much different GA would be.

Goodluck, though :)

Though I need to add, my numbers are based mostly on what friends have made as an entry level tech and in OK. I believe OK pays lower than most states.

That is great advice. My brother in law works in nuclear medicine so I am going to talk to him as well. THank you for taking the time to respond. Congrats on graduating!

Amy M in Columbus, Georgia said: That is great advice. My brother in law works in nuclear medicine so I am going to talk to him as well. THank you for taking the time to respond. Congrats on graduating!

I wish someone would have told me these things because I didn't think it would be this hard after getting out of school. I was always told there would be jobs, I'd just have to travel to find them - not true.

Thanks for the congrats. Send some well wishes on the job hunt too since I need it. :)

Amy M, I am a Rad Tech, fresh out from school three months ago. If you are working for doctor's offices, you'll make close to 30 grands. If you work for the hospitals, you'll make at least 40 K. About jobs, it is the same as any other field but nursing. Nursing is in so much demand, every single one gets a job after graduation. Rad techs, they only hire the best at the hospitals. The rest will have to find a job at private clinics, get pay lesser, do more x-ray non related duties, but no calls, or holidays hours.
Like the rest of the complainers I have met, or even talked to, they all saying that there is no job out there. Yes, there ton of jobs but are they good enough to impress somebody for the positions ? If you work hard, good with patients, somebody will notice it and the job at that hospital will be yours by the time of graduation.
Good luck

hello i have went to a 2 year college to be a radiologic technologist i took the regisrty 3 times and cant pass it the last time i took it, i missed it by 2 points is there a way that you can work without the liscense but have a degree?

hello i have went to a 2 year college to be a radiologic technologist i took the regisrty 3 times and cant pass it the last time i took it, i missed it by 2 points is there a way that you can work without the liscense but have a degree?

NewBie in Lufkin, Texas said: Amy M, I am a Rad Tech, fresh out from school three months ago. If you are working for doctor's offices, you'll make close to 30 grands. If you work for the hospitals, you'll make at least 40 K. About jobs, it is the same as any other field but nursing. Nursing is in so much demand, every single one gets a job after graduation. Rad techs, they only hire the best at the hospitals. The rest will have to find a job at private clinics, get pay lesser, do more x-ray non related duties, but no calls, or holidays hours.
Like the rest of the complainers I have met, or even talked to, they all saying that there is no job out there. Yes, there ton of jobs but are they good enough to impress somebody for the positions ? If you work hard, good with patients, somebody will notice it and the job at that hospital will be yours by the time of graduation.
Good luck[
hi, i was thinking about going into radiology. i live in memphis and today i had my heart set to go on and do this. i spoke to an advisor from an on-line college (Devri University, and he said i should check out the employment rate in my city for this position first because God forbid i have to move out of town just to make decent money. here in memphis, it seems to be hard to be a volunteer but, you have given me another avenue and right now i'm not working and i do have some income so this is the perfect time to make a move; hopefully the v.a. can use volunteers. I don't think many of the hospitals here have volunteer services.

If you are working for doctor's offices, you'll make close to 30 grands. If you work for the hospitals, you'll make at least 40 K. About jobs, it is the same as any other field but nursing. Nursing is in so much demand, every single one gets a job after graduation. Rad techs, they only hire the best at the hospitals. The rest will have to find a job at private clinics, get pay lesser, do more x-ray non related duties, but no calls, or holidays hours.

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abelene in Bristol, Florida said: hello i have went to a 2 year college to be a radiologic technologist i took the regisrty 3 times and cant pass it the last time i took it, i missed it by 2 points is there a way that you can work without the liscense but have a degree?

Definetly not..you must be certified in order to expose radiation. The schooling part just enables u to take the exam.

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can anyone please tell me if they are able to get jobs as a sonographer? im thinking of getting into it but im not sure wether RAD TECH is better?please help???