Radiation Therapist

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Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$6,585
growing 2.54%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$30,438
growing 0%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Radiation Therapist degree recipients are New York, NY, Carbondale, IL, and Statesboro, GA. N/A The most common degree awarded to students studying Radiation Therapist is a associates degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Radiation Therapist and the types of students that study this field. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale awards the most degrees in Radiation Therapist in the US, but Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology and Grady Health System Professional Schools have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Radiation Therapist.

Tuition costs for Radiation Therapist majors are, on average, $6,585 for in-state public colleges, and $30,438 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Radiation Therapist programs are N/A institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,674 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Radiation Therapist (2022)
  1. 110 degrees awarded
  2. 93 degrees awarded
  3. 88 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Radiation Therapist, is Public, 2-year (1,674 completions in 2022).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Radiation Therapist programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$6,585
Median In-State Public
$30,438
Median Out of State Private

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has the most Radiation Therapist degree recipients, with 110 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Radiation Therapist programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Radiation Therapist, with 100%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Radiation Therapist
  1. 116 degrees awarded
  2. 110 degrees awarded
  3. 93 degrees awarded

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in N/A in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Associates Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold undefined degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in undefined (2,649 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Radiation Therapist are Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (77.9%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Radiation Therapist.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    2,649 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    617 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    276 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Radiation Therapist for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  2. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  3. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Radiation Therapist.

N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Radiation Therapist field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Radiation Therapist majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Radiation Therapist majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Operation and Control.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Radiation Therapist majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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