Best Online Radiologic Sciences Degree Completion Programs for 2027

Ohio State designed this AS to BS for working imaging professionals who want to move into management, and the coursework says so plainly: management principles, human resources for healthcare, administration and quality management. You need an associate degree and an active ARRT, NMTCB or ARDMS credential, so sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists and therapists apply alongside radiographers. The program totals 30 to 60 credit hours, with summer, autumn and spring starts. A capstone-like project has you put quality improvement into practice at your own workplace, and the degree prepares you for the exam requirements of the Certified Radiology Administrator credential.

Before you apply: Ohio State states that the program does not provide initial certification or clinical training, so it will not add a CT or MRI credential. The published admission standard includes a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Boise State shows its arithmetic. With an AS or AA you bring 62 credits, and the ARRT credential adds another 17 to 25, which leaves 33 credits of imaging sciences courses in a 120-credit degree. An AAS applies 23 credits, so those students also take 37 credits of University Foundations courses and a medical terminology class. Courses run seven weeks with six start dates a year, and the school says some students finish in as little as 12 months. The coursework centers on leadership, communication, healthcare systems and research, which fits a lead tech or supervisor goal.

Before you apply: There are no clinicals and the degree does not lead to ARRT or any other credential, so it suits advancement into leadership more than a move to a new modality. AAS graduates carry the extra Foundations requirement.

AdventHealth University offers the widest menu of specialties on this list: Imaging Leadership, Interdisciplinary Imaging, CT, MRI, Vascular Interventional and Sonography. The degree is 78 credit hours, made up of 24 general education, 27 cognate, 15 core and 12 track credits, and the school says it can be finished in as little as 18 months. Admission calls for an associate degree from a JRCERT or CAAHEP accredited program, a current ARRT, NMTCB or ARDMS credential and a 2.50 GPA. Technologists who hold a certificate or diploma instead of an associate degree can enter on bridge status and add 24 credit hours of general education.

Before you apply: The CT, MRI and VI tracks are coursework. Students who want board eligibility dual-enroll in a matching AdventHealth certificate program for hands-on clinical experience and exam repetitions, and the sonography track is open only to credentialed sonographers.

Indiana University’s B.S. in Medical Imaging Technology is fully online and open to professionals already certified in an imaging field. The 120-credit degree requires at least 30 credits through IU and 30 at the 300 and 400 level. The imaging core covers principles, procedures, six credits of anatomy and pathology, six of research and a 12-credit nonclinical concentration of electives that you can shape with faculty consent. Technologists holding both a primary and a post-primary certification, such as RT and CT, can receive up to 12 special credit hours. Four IU campuses host the program, and admission is rolling, so you are not tied to an application deadline.

Before you apply: Every required course needs a grade of C or better, and students who fail more than two classes are dismissed and must petition to return. Applicants without an active certification are not eligible.

Weber State’s independent study bachelor’s in Advanced Radiologic Sciences is built around your calendar. After acceptance you receive an individual academic contract listing your required courses, and you have six months from registration to finish coursework, sooner if you can. Tuition is $316 per credit hour for 2026-27, and the program has no clinical education requirements. You need an associate degree from a regionally accredited institution plus ARRT certification, and Weber reviews your earlier credits case by case before deciding which general education courses are left.

Before you apply: This route does not lead to ARRT certification. Weber’s separate CT, MRI, mammography and interventional emphases are a different program, with monthly travel to Ogden and, for most, 24 hours of clinical education each week.

Marian counts 60 credits for completing a two-year radiologic technology program with ARRT certification, so you begin at the halfway mark of a 120-credit bachelor’s degree. Classes meet in seven-week sessions with six starts a year, and the school says you can finish in less than two years. Expect about 30 credits of general education, including mathematical reasoning, writing, interpersonal communication and ethical reasoning, and a minor such as health care administration, business administration, management or psychology. Graduates of Northeast Iowa Community College’s AAS program who hold ARRT certification can qualify for guaranteed credit transfer and a 10 percent tuition discount.

Before you apply: General education includes Introduction to Christian Theology at this university sponsored by the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes. The minor is required, so plan those courses into the 120 credits.

The University of South Alabama’s online RT to BSRT pairs advanced computed tomography courses with radiology administration for registered radiographers. A 6-hour bridge course, RAD 491, comes first, and once you complete it the university awards 38 semester hours of upper-level credit for your radiography training. Three semesters of virtual study follow, covering CT physics and quality control, CT procedures, healthcare communication, human resource management, financial management and operations. The plan of study totals 32 semester hours, and the school says the didactic component meets the structured education requirements for ARRT certification in computed tomography.

Before you apply: The bridge course is offered once a year, in summer, so missing it means waiting twelve months to start the professional semesters.

Georgia Southern accepts technologists certified by ARRT (R, T, N, CI), NMTCB (CNMT), CCI (RCIS) or ARDMS (RDMS), which makes its entry list one of the broadest here and welcomes radiographers, radiation therapists, sonographers and nuclear medicine technologists. You choose a non-clinical track in leadership, management and technical communication or a clinical track in CT, MRI or mammography. Every major course except clinical education is online, and clinical education can be done at an accredited healthcare organization close to where you live. Both full-time and part-time study are offered.

Before you apply: Students outside the Savannah area must find their own clinical education sites, and mammography is open only to credentialed radiographers.

Regis asks for just 30 credits at the college on its general medical imaging track: 16 core credits in leadership, quality management, research methods, pathology across modalities and a seminar, plus 14 electives. The school says 65 to 90 credits can transfer from your previous program, starts come in fall, spring and summer, and some students finish in 12 to 16 months, full or part time. Eligibility calls for an associate degree or diploma in a medical imaging field and registered credentials from ARDMS, ARRT or NMTCB, so sonographers, MRI technologists and nuclear medicine technologists qualify as well as radiographers.

Before you apply: Only the general track is fully online. The Breast Imaging track (35 credits) and the Vascular Interventional track (39 credits) are hybrid, start in fall and include guaranteed clinical placements.

LSU Alexandria publishes its price for the online B.S. in Health Professions with a Medical Imaging concentration: $353 per credit hour for a 120-credit degree. An ARRT, ARDMS or NMTCB credential earns full credit, 43 hours, for the required 1000 and 2000 level RADT courses, and up to 75 percent of degree credits can transfer. Seven-week terms and six start dates a year keep pacing flexible. The concentration is aimed at advanced imaging, healthcare administration and PACS management careers.

Before you apply: The final cost depends on a transfer credit evaluation, and the published price leaves out books, supplies and some course fees. The degree title is Health Professions with a medical imaging concentration, so check that it suits the roles you are after.