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Radiology & sonography programs in New Jersey

New Jersey has 22 accredited campuses awarding imaging tech credentials. If you finish and work as a radiologic technologist in New Jersey, expect to start around $71,770–$80,600 and reach a median of $95,000 with experience; the top quarter earn $103,510 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, New Jersey). Graduates of these New Jersey programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $55,635 in their first year, against $45,833 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.

What radiologic technologists and technicians earn in New Jersey

$71,770starting (10th percentile)
$80,600early career (25th)
$95,000median, all experience
$103,510experienced (75th)
$118,410top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 6,320 employed in New Jersey. National median: $80,110.

Campuses in New Jersey, ranked by what their graduates earned

22campuses in New Jersey
359credentials awarded / yr
$55,635median earnings, yr 1 (New Jersey)
$45,833median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: CliftonCranfordEdisonJersey CityLincroftMays LandingMount LaurelNew BrunswickNewarkOceanParamusPatersonPiscatawayPlainfieldRandolphSewellTeaneckToms RiverTrentonUnionVinelandWest Windsor

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Bergen Community College Paramus Public 49 $60,672 $9,500 21% not reported
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell Public 14 $57,907 $11,000 39% not reported
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland Public 11 $57,907 $11,000 33% not reported
Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel Public 22 $56,140 not reported 36% not reported
Middlesex College Edison Public 23 $55,635 not reported 33% not reported
Brookdale Community College Lincroft Public 17 $55,078 $16,325 30% not reported
County College of Morris Randolph Public 34 $52,115 $9,000 36% not reported
American Institute-Toms River Toms River for-profit 15 $49,549 $25,000 55% $24,796
American Institute-Clifton Clifton for-profit 11 $49,549 $25,000 57% $25,253
American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education Piscataway for-profit 22 $47,968 $15,063 88% not reported
Medical Career Institute Ocean for-profit 20 $41,278 $12,404 100% not reported
Healthcare Training Institute Union for-profit 8 $30,545 $15,084 100% $17,989
JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools Plainfield non-profit 22 not reported not reported not reported not reported
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ Cranford Public 22 not reported not reported 35% not reported
Hudson County Community College Jersey City Public 13 not reported not reported 26% not reported
Mercer County Community College West Windsor Public 13 not reported not reported 25% not reported
Essex County College Newark Public 11 not reported not reported 20% not reported
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Teaneck non-profit 9 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing Public 8 not reported not reported 30% not reported
Capital Health School of Radiologic Technology Trenton non-profit 7 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Passaic County Community College Paterson Public 7 not reported not reported 19% not reported
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick Public 1 not reported not reported not reported not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.

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