After careful consideration and discussions with college leadership, we regret to inform you that the Radiation Therapy Tech program will be closing following the graduation of the students currently enrolled. We will not be accepting new students into the program moving forward.
This decision comes as a result of changes in funding structures that severely limit our ability to sustain the program, particularly in light of reduced support for out-of-state students.
If you have not yet applied but are interested in pursuing a career in radiation therapy, we understand that this change might be concerning. While we will no longer be admitting new students, there are still options to explore through other accredited programs.
If you are interested in other possible distance programs for radiation therapy, there aren’t a lot of options for distance/online radiation therapy assuming we are not in the picture anymore. If you are in California, New York, or New Jersey, those states have various laws or regulations that basically make it not possible to set up clinical sites in those states for any distance program outside of those states.
There’s a fine program hosted by Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas that has great faculty and a great reputation. The only downside is that you have to already be an x-ray tech (radiographer) in order to even apply for their program. Although, if you do go through a 2-year x-ray school first, then their program can be completed in about one extra year instead of two years.
Another option is Weber State in Ogden, Utah. You do not have to be an x-ray tech first to apply for their program, but the problem with them is that they are not accredited by JRCERT (the only accrediting body for radiation therapy and radiography schools). Weber state University is accredited as a whole university, but their program for radiation therapy is not accredited. That basically means that they don’t really have direct oversight from anybody that knows anything about radiation therapy. The JRCERT accreditation process is rigorous and grueling, and helps ensure the quality of a program in verifying that they do what they actually say they are doing. So I cannot in good conscience recommend that program.
There is one other option worth looking into. There’s Northwestern University based in Minnesota.
Currently, if you are accepted into that program, you have to live in Minnesota to attend their classes live, and then you relocate across the nation for clinical after all the classwork is done. But they are looking into expanding their program to make it more like what we’ve been doing, where you could potentially not have to move to Minnesota for the academic classes, but be able to take those classes via distance education and possibly stay where you are for clinicals as well.
They are looking to launch this new availability as early as this fall or spring 2026, but with limited enrollment.
The contact person for this program is Jessica Donohue at
Jessica Donahue, M.A., R.T. (R) (T)(ARRT)
Program Director, Radiation Therapy
Northwestern Health Sciences University
2501 West 84th Street, Bloomington, MN 55431
P 952-777-4884 C 612-889-4010
Programs current website: https://www.nwhealth.edu/academics/radiation-therapy/
And here's a URL where you can find accredited radiation therapy and radiography programs. You can either type in the name of the program towards the left side, or click on the state using the map on the right side or select the states/territories cities, seen just below the United States map.
https://www.jrcert.org/accreditation-for-students/find-a-program/
Thank you for your understanding, and for being a part of the Amarillo College community.
Best,
Dr. Frank Sobey
VP of Strategic Initiatives
VP of Academic Affairs
Amarillo College
Office: (806) 345-5518