A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to employ radioactive and stable nuclides in diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic applications while monitoring for patient health and safety. Includes instruction in nuclear physics, health physics, instrumentation and statistics, biochemistry, immunology, radiopharmacology, radiation biology, clinical nuclear medicine, radionuclide therapy, computer applications, safety regulations, equipment operation, quality control, laboratory procedures, taking patient histories, patient evaluation and monitoring, emergency first aid, administration and record-keeping, and personnel supervision.
| A major in Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 36
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
| | Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA | 9
(23.1%) | |  | |
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| | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR | 44
(15.0%) | | - | |
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| | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Science
Boston, MA | 12
(8.5%) |  |  | |
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| | University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus
San Juan, PR | 9
(6.8%) | | - | |
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| | Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA | 18
(5.5%) | | - | |
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| | Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling, WV | 14
(5.4%) | | | |
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| | Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
Memphis, TN | 8
(5.0%) |  | | |
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| | Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR | 18
(3.7%) |  | | |
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| | University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX | 17
(2.5%) | | | |
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| | University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK | 10
(2.1%) | | - | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.