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 35
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR | 44
(14.1%) | | - | |
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| | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Boston, MA | 19
(8.8%) |  |  | |
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| | Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling, WV | 19
(7.8%) |  | | |
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| | University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus
San Juan, PR | 8
(6.8%) | | - | |
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| | Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA | 2
(5.3%) |  |  | |
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| | Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR | 18
(4.1%) | | | |
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| | Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
Memphis, TN | 8
(4.0%) | | | |
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| | Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA | 11
(4.0%) | | - | |
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| | Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PA | 7
(2.1%) | |  | |
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| | University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX | 17
(2.1%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.