For reference: I’m a 29 year old black female. I graduated from Collin in 2018, but never did much… Bounced from job to job. Recently it’s been put on my heart to go back to school for Radiology. Any colleges to focus on in the Dallas/Ft Worth/Waco area? I know school is a lot but I have the opportunity to move back in with my parents to accomplish my goal!!!
Dallas college has a program you could look into.
Please go to a real school that will give you a diploma or at least the correct certificates. My younger cousin also was interested in this same path as you and showed me some Instagram account that I cannot find now (hopefully it’s been taken down) “selling” a 6 week unaccredited $500 course to become a radiology tech and promising that people make hundreds of thousands a year, instantly. Please don’t fall for those scams (the same ones exist for dental work, like estheticians giving veneers) and go to a real school- community college is fine and you don’t need a 4 year degree, just don’t get it from an influencer.
https://www.dallascollege.edu/study/radiologic-sciences/
Looks like you can study at Brookhaven or El Centro
Edit for UT Southwestern https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/radiology/education-training/
That UT southwestern link is for radiology residency, i.e. for physicians who have graduated medical school with an MD or DO and are applying to residency to train as radiologists, or for medical physics residencies, which is for people who already have a PhD in medical physics.
Rad tech is a 2 year program, these are the guys running the machines and positioning the patients.
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Parkland actually has programs in itself where they can assist you with a career path and education in the medical field.