Is a bachelors degree a requirement to become an ARRT Registered Technologist in Radiography?
No. There is no minimum baccalaureate degree standard in the profession for radiologic technologists. Entry level radiography graduates from approved hospital-based, associate degree, and bachelor of science degree programs are equally eligible to take the ARRT exam in radiography. Thus, upon passing the ARRT exam, they are considered equally qualified as entry-level radiographers. [Back to Top] • Would I be more attractive to an employer as a radiographer with a B.S. degree? Not necessarily. In an article in the March / April 2002 issue of the Journal of Radiologic Technology titled Radiology Administrator’s Opinions of Education, authors Kristi Cruise, RT, and James Robert Curise II, RT, reported the results of a recent survey of California radiology managers. In the same issue of Radiologic Technology, Sal Martino, Ed.D., Vice President of Education and Research for ASRT summarized the findings of this report by saying RTs with baccalaureate degrees did not have an edge when it come
