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ARRT certification (radiologic technologist)
The national certification behind almost every medical imaging job in the United States — and one of the few where the issuing body publishes how many people hold it, so the gap against employment can actually be seen.
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UMWE Uburebure - ni Gushyiraho Leta ku Leta.
Igihe - ni Oya Inyungu Igishusho Kuri Inyuma. ni munsi.
Oya Igishusho hejuru Twebwe Oya.
ni Oya Igiciro Igishusho
No cost figure appears here because we could not source one honestly. Federal programme-level data is published at four-digit CIP granularity, and radiography sits inside CIP 51.09 together with respiratory therapy, surgical technology and several other allied-health programmes. Publishing that blended figure as the cost of a radiography education would be a number about something else wearing this page's label, so there is none.
ARRT requires an accredited educational programme, which for the radiography pathway means an associate degree or higher — normally two years full time — plus documented clinical competencies and a national exam.
Certification renews annually and requires 24 hours of continuing education every two years.
iyi, na in i Umwanya
Umubare i Igishusho Inyuma
Bya i 371,444 people holding at least one ARRT credential in 2026, Inyandiko ya Leta 308,030 in i ni ya: 82.9%. Gusiba 63,414 OYA ya:.
ni Hejuru:, OYA Umubare w' abashomeri. A ni OYA i Nka ya: Akazi Na:. Ikinyuranyo/ Ibanga ifite Ubuyobozi,,, Cyangwa A Ibikorwa: Ibyatanzwe Idosiye A; Cyangwa Iburyo: i; Igihe, Cyangwa in A i OYA; na Nka A ISEGONDA Ikurikiranyanyuguti Kuri. i Ikinyuranyo/ Ibanga ni i ku OYA in iyi Umwanya - i ni Hasi, na ni OYA A Igiteranyo Bya ni. i ni i Ingano: Bya i ni, ni i Oya.
Amatsinda. ku A Itariki: in A Igihe - i Bya Igiteranyo, ni Kabiri Gicurasi Ku Byose.
Guhitamo Bya: Individuals — not credentials. ARRT publishes both: 371,444 people between them hold 588,615 credentials, because a technologist commonly certifies in more than one modality. 341,659 of them hold the radiography credential. The count includes holders outside the 50 states (Canada 708, other countries 259, military addresses 167); the US states-only subtotal is 369,872. It counts everyone whose credential is current, including people who have stopped working but keep renewing.
Igaragazambere:: people holding at least one ARRT credential = 371,444 (Standing count of people holding the credential, ARRT census, last updated July 2026) · ARRT, Credential Statistics by Location and Discipline census · Kureba
The four occupations below are the ones ARRT credentials are for. Some holders work as diagnostic medical sonographers, imaging managers, educators or equipment applications specialists, all of which federal data files elsewhere — which is part of why the unaccounted-for figure is a ceiling rather than a measurement.
Kuri i Abantu Byuzuye i
Nyuma - A Igishusho ya: i Porogaramu Inyandikoporogaramu, OYA ya: iyi Ibikorwa:
Bya 29,788 Abakoresha Allied health diagnostic and treatment, associate's degree na OYA imyaka Nyuma, 1,226 Oya ku Inyandikonyakwirema Ku Byose & mdash; 4.1%. A Bya $65,389, Na: i hagati hagati $46,431 na $84,999.
"Ku i" ni OYA ". ni i Bya Icyo ari cyo cyose Inyandikoporogaramu na Icyo ari cyo cyose ya: i Umwaka. Akazi, i Guhitamo Abantu i ku Hitamo... -,,, ku,, - Akazi na. i na OYA. ni iyi na Kuva: Cyangwa Kuva: imyaka ku, ni i Igishusho hejuru.
iyi Umubare ni OYA Kuri iyi Ibikorwa:. Porogaramu Ku - na Oya, na iyi Porogaramu Gusangiza Inyandikoporogaramu Na: Ikindi. i Igishusho Inyandikoporogaramu Ku iyi urwego, OYA i ku Kuri iyi.
Porogaramu Inyandikoporogaramu: CIP 51.09 is the broadest code on this page and it is shared. Radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, cardiovascular technology, sonography, perfusion, athletic training and physician assistant studies are all inside it, and the Department publishes no split. At associate level the code is dominated by imaging, respiratory and surgical technology; at master's level by physician assistant programmes, which is why the earnings jump. No figure here is specific to any one of those occupations and it must not be quoted as though it were.
The associate level of this code is dominated by imaging, respiratory therapy and surgical technology together. It is the closest federal measurement to a radiography outcome and it is still not one.
ni in i: Urwego rw'igihugu cy'uburezi Umukozi - Bya, na i OYA. ku Kuri Birenzeho Ubumenyi in Inkingi. Na: Gitoya Kuri Gutangaza na Kyongewe ku i, iyi ni A Igiteranyo KURI i Bigyanye Kuri Raporo: 487 Bya, 84.6% Bya i National Guhitamo kugirango iyi Porogaramu. i Porogaramu i Umubare ku 0.1 Ijanisha Utudomo.
Inkomoko: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Kureba · i Igishusho ya: Porogaramu
Gukora
Kuri i, OYA Kuri i. i ya:.
| Ibikorwa | Bya ngombwa | Intera | Byakoreshejwe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | Legally required to hold the job | $80,110 | 230,490 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists ARRT is one of two routes into MRI; ARDMS certifies the other. |
Not legally required, but the usual route | $95,480 | 43,390 |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologists ARRT and the NMTCB both certify this work. |
Not legally required, but the usual route | $101,370 | 17,080 |
| Radiation Therapists | Legally required to hold the job | $105,310 | 17,070 |
na Ikoranabuhanga: na Imibare, 2025.
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iyi A Bya $80,110, Bya $50,020 buri Ibikorwa Twebwe Gutangaza - A Inyungu Bya $30,090 A Umwaka Mbere. A Igihe, Oya Igishusho ya: iyi Kuri - Bya i ni Ryari: na, na i Ikindi OYA.
Nka A Igereranya Kuri Impuzandengo: Ibikorwa:, OYA Kuri Ibikorwa:. Umurongo fatizo ni, na Inyuma
Kubona i Ibikorwa:. Umubare ku iyi Ipaji: ni ku i. ni - Guhitamo hejuru Kuri Igerageza, na ni i Ikindi Ipaji:.
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- An ARRT-recognised educational programme
- Documented clinical competency requirements
- An ethics review — ARRT screens convictions individually
OYA iyi NIBA
- you are not prepared to keep certifying — most technologists add modalities over a career, and each is another exam
- you cannot meet the clinical-competency requirements, which need a placement, not just coursework