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Radiology & sonography programs in Texas

Texas has 50 accredited campuses awarding imaging tech credentials. If you finish and work as a radiologic technologist in Texas, expect to start around $48,550–$63,210 and reach a median of $78,630 with experience; the top quarter earn $93,830 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Texas). Graduates of these Texas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $47,335 in their first year, against $45,833 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.

What radiologic technologists and technicians earn in Texas

$48,550starting (10th percentile)
$63,210early career (25th)
$78,630median, all experience
$93,830experienced (75th)
$102,630top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 20,250 employed in Texas. National median: $80,110.

Campuses in Texas, ranked by what their graduates earned

50campuses in Texas
2,118credentials awarded / yr
$47,335median earnings, yr 1 (Texas)
$45,833median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: AlvinAmarilloAustinBeaumontBeevilleBig SpringBrenhamBrownsvilleCorpus ChristiDallasDenisonEl PasoFort WorthGainesvilleGalvestonHillsboroHoustonKilgoreLaredoLevellandLubbockLufkinMcAllenMcKinneyMidlandOdessaParisPasadenaSan AntonioTempleThe WoodlandsTylerUvaldeWacoWeatherfordWeslacoWharton

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Dallas College Dallas Public 76 $72,895 $8,245 not reported not reported
Lone Star College System The Woodlands Public 102 $60,667 $5,250 not reported not reported
Galveston College Galveston Public 89 $60,599 $4,750 not reported not reported
Austin Community College District Austin Public 74 $58,379 $9,625 not reported not reported
Houston Community College Houston Public 91 $58,131 $10,500 not reported not reported
Tarrant County College District Fort Worth Public 49 $57,468 $14,683 34% not reported
Midland College Midland Public 11 $56,970 not reported not reported not reported
Weatherford College Weatherford Public 29 $55,110 $11,000 not reported not reported
Pima Medical Institute-Houston Houston for-profit 58 $53,594 $26,923 71% $26,251
Pima Medical Institute-El Paso El Paso for-profit 55 $53,594 $26,923 57% $28,444
Blinn College District Brenham Public 14 $53,406 $17,250 11% not reported
Alvin Community College Alvin Public 27 $52,092 not reported not reported not reported
Parker University Dallas non-profit 45 $51,712 $25,250 not reported not reported
South Texas College McAllen Public 25 $50,038 not reported not reported not reported
Odessa College Odessa Public 14 $49,601 not reported not reported not reported
Howard College Big Spring Public 11 $49,238 not reported 35% not reported
Del Mar College Corpus Christi Public 26 $48,765 $3,500 not reported not reported
North Central Texas College Gainesville Public 16 $48,546 $17,350 35% not reported
Concorde Career College-Dallas Dallas for-profit 13 $47,449 $20,000 60% $30,222
San Jacinto Community College Pasadena Public 149 $47,335 $9,912 not reported not reported
Texas Southmost College Brownsville Public 15 $47,227 $11,125 30% not reported
Kilgore College Kilgore Public 16 $47,223 not reported 39% not reported
Collin County Community College District McKinney Public 14 $46,590 $6,750 not reported not reported
El Paso Community College El Paso Public 19 $46,575 not reported 24% not reported
South Plains College Levelland Public 16 $45,935 not reported 29% not reported
Southwest University at El Paso El Paso for-profit 23 $45,828 $41,654 not reported not reported
St Philip's College San Antonio Public 64 $45,427 $11,000 not reported not reported
Grayson College Denison Public 14 $44,997 not reported not reported not reported
Tyler Junior College Tyler Public 40 $44,821 $12,200 not reported not reported
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions San Antonio for-profit 40 $44,738 $20,000 not reported not reported
Amarillo College Amarillo Public 42 $43,257 $12,817 32% not reported
McLennan Community College Waco Public 15 $41,705 $12,780 39% not reported
Laredo College Laredo Public 22 $41,025 not reported not reported not reported
Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont Public 42 $40,481 $12,494 31% not reported
Angelina College Lufkin Public 20 $39,525 not reported 29% not reported
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest Houston for-profit 157 $38,184 $15,636 not reported $33,383
The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio San Antonio for-profit 125 $38,184 $15,636 64% $33,271
The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth Fort Worth for-profit 106 $38,184 $15,636 70% $32,819
The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus McAllen for-profit 70 $38,184 $15,636 77% $31,264
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin Austin for-profit 74 $35,736 $15,589 64% $32,369
The College of Health Care Professions-Dallas Dallas for-profit 49 $29,925 $15,589 63% $32,636
The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston Houston for-profit 50 $26,112 $15,636 69% $33,792
Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies Weslaco non-profit 9 $19,603 $9,500 80% $17,905
Temple College Temple Public 19 not reported $12,916 32% not reported
Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health Lubbock non-profit 16 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Paris Junior College Paris Public 16 not reported not reported 38% not reported
Southwest Texas Junior College Uvalde Public 16 not reported not reported 31% not reported
Wharton County Junior College Wharton Public 14 not reported not reported 27% not reported
Hill College Hillsboro Public 11 not reported not reported 32% not reported
Coastal Bend College Beeville Public 10 not reported not reported 25% 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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