Program Description:
There is a national shortage of radiographers. And that shortage is expected to continue. If you think you’d like a career as a radiographer, our bachelor’s degree program is for you.
As an incoming freshman, you’ll spend your first year taking course on campus. During your second and third years, you’ll study at the School of Radiography at Bradford Regional Medical Center, our local hospital. You’ll be back on campus your final year. If you are a certified RT, you will receive 50 credits from Pitt-Bradford when you are admitted to the program. And then, you can attend on a part-time or full-time basis.
Qualified RTs enter the workforce as radiographers but often expand their skills and obtain advanced certifications in CT scanning, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs) ultrasound and other developing technologies.
Certified radiographers work in hospitals, physician offices and out-patient imaging centers. They operate some of healthcare’s most sophisticated technology.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Prospective students will be admitted directly with a minimum cumulative high school grade point average of 3.25 and a minimum SAT score (or ACT equivalent score) of 1025. Students transferring from another college or university must have completed a minimum of 12 college-level credits with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75. Students failing to meet these criteria may be admitted to a preparatory program.
All applicants must arrange for all information to be released and sent to the Office of Admissions before any admissions decision can be rendered.
General Education Course Requirements in the Major
*Challenge Examinations and CLEP options are available for select courses.
Other Required Courses
Required Radiological Science Courses (Bradford Regional Medical Center)
Additional Information:
The main track is what we call a 1+2+1 program: First-year students complete two full semesters of course work on our campus. Thenm during the second and third years, students pursue full-time study at BRMC’s School of Radiography. When they have successfully completed that program and have been certified, they will return to campus for the final year to complete their bachelor’s degree.
The second option—called the 2+2 program—will be available to those people already certified and employed in radiography and who have graduated from a program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiological Technology such as the one at BRMC. These students attend Pitt-Bradford for two years of full-time study or its equivalent in part-time study to earn a bachelor’s degree.
In both options, 50 academic credits from the accredited radiographic program are applied toward the 120 credits needed to graduate with a bachelor’s degree.