RT program at Devry???

I was looking through job openings in Califronia on Indeed when I came across a position for a RT program director at Devry University; which means there will be yet another RT program in CA. As it is southern California has 16 RT programs. There are about 1,100 new Rt's just in Southern CA being pumped out every year from these schools. The job market is horrible here, so where are all these people going to work? Not to mention the salaries of current RT's will stay stagnant as the market is now over saturated. School break down:
American Career College is enrolling 50 students per class; currently Ontario and Anaheim have students enrolled with their first classes graduating early next year. They will graduate 3 classes a year; these two schools alone will graduate 300 students every year. ACC in LA is in the works also; so add on another 150 students.
Concorde has 4 programs in Souther CA; Hollywood, San Bernadino, Garden Grove and San Diego. They produce around 100 students a year per school (25 per class; 4 classes graduate per year). So thats 400.
SJVC only has one in Southern CA; they produce around 100 new students a year.
The community colleges range from 25-50 stduents per class, but only graduate one class per year. MtSAC, ELAC, OCC, Crafton Hills, LAVC, El Camino, Loma Linda (AS, BS programs), Victorville, CCSD- about 300 students per year.
Then there is that online school is San Diego, not sure how many graduate from there. There are several other programs in the works at Platt college and Antelope Valley.

I think it is irresponsible of Coarc to keep approving these programs and even allowing them a letter of review. This oversaturation affects all RT's in Southern CA; in 2010 we are going to have almost 1500 new RT's being produced every year looking for positions that are not there; the nice raises we were getting these last 10 years as RT's have slowed and will eventually stop.

id like to know this too?

Of the graduating students , how many actually take and pass the NBRC exams for credentials? I wouldn't worry too much about how many graduate. That is not where the road ends. Educate them all but getting through the boards is the obstacle they must overcome. Relax.

BOREDRT in Montebello, California said: I was looking through job openings in Califronia on Indeed when I came across a position for a RT program director at Devry University; which means there will be yet another RT program in CA. As it is southern California has 16 RT programs. There are about 1,100 new Rt's just in Southern CA being pumped out every year from these schools. The job market is horrible here, so where are all these people going to work? Not to mention the salaries of current RT's will stay stagnant as the market is now over saturated. QUOTE]

Same is true for dental hygienist, radiological tech., physical therapist assistant, etc. The entire allied health has become flooded because of the economy and everyone returning to school, thinking the health care field is the pie in the sky that admission reps make it out to be. The only field not suffering yet is nursing, partly because of the harder pre-reqs and license exam and also due to the overall crappy nature of the job itself vs. the other positions.

My advice would be to hang in there...once the economy recovers a couple years from now things should pick up again. Also, a good portion of the new grads will quickly realize they aren't cut out for this field, so the jobs will return.

James in Orange, Texas said: Of the graduating students , how many actually take and pass the NBRC exams for credentials? I wouldn't worry too much about how many graduate. That is not where the road ends. Educate them all but getting through the boards is the obstacle they must overcome. Relax.[/QUOTE

In order to maintain eligible status, all programs according to COARC must maintain a pass rate for the CRT (minumin to work) at least 85%. The trade schools typically are designed to pass with a rate of >90% for the CRT. So; I am not personally worried as I have a job, but for those graduating AND passing I am worried. The good news is that palcement rates are set at 80% for most schools, so as these programs begin to fall short of placement requirements they will be forced to reduce enrollment. However, annual reports to COARC are based on 3 year averages, so this wont occur for 2 more years.

Jennette in Phoenix, Arizona said:

Not worried for myself; but an overall concern for the RT job market. Especially when COARC has the ability to limit school accredidation by not allowing unnecessary schools to arise in areas that are already saturated. It's always better to have a market where the employee rather than the employer can be selective.

I fully agree... The job market in socal for RT's has been getting worse year by year. coarc need to really calm down on the accreditation of these schools. I wonder If they have an incentive? Devry is a tech/business school!!!! come on. Im going to be moving to south or east coast this year. Im hoping to get some travel jobs out there to shop around.

Mike RRT

Help...any decent programs in the Bay Area?....I'm thinking of taking one at a nearby community college. The tech schools around here are way too much money & not even close enough. I've already shelled out money towards getting my cma and cpt-1 certs. Both still in progress. But, I'd like to take my education even further.

THERE IS ALWAYS WORK FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK

what are the schools in southern california? i live in anaheim and there are only two schools around me that I could attend.