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Radiologic Technology - Program Effectiveness Data

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In addition to the goals and outcomes listed elsewhere on this site, the performance of the program is reflected through program effectiveness data as defined by the program’s accrediting body, the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT).  Program effectiveness data includes the program completion rate, ARRT board pass rate and job placement rate.

Minnesota West's Radiologic Technology Program Effectiveness Data is identified below.

Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850
Chicago, Illinois 60606-3182
312-704-5300

Minnesota West Radiologic Technology Program Effectiveness Data

Program Completion Rate
This is an annual measurement of the number of students that began the program divided by the number of students that actually completed the program. The program’s completion rate for the class of 2023 was 93%. 14 of the fifteen students who were expected to complete the program in 2023 went on to complete the program that year. The program's five-year average completion rate is 89% as 66 students started the program and 59 completed it.

ARRT Board Pass Rate
This rate is the number of students that pass the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) national credentialing exam on the first attempt. In 2022, 12 students took the exam and 10 students passed the exam on the first attempt, giving the program a 83% board pass rate for 2022. The five-year average for the program’s ARRT board pass rate is 87% as 55 students have taken the exam and 48 students have passed upon first attempt.

Job Placement
This is the number of students who gain employment in the radiologic technology field within 12 months of graduation versus the number of students who graduate and are actively seeking employment. Of those students graduating in 2022, sixteen students graduated and were actively seeking employment. All sixteen of the students were employed within 12 months of graduation, giving the program 100% job placement rate for the year. Overall, the program has an average job placement rate of 100% for those graduating in 2018-2022. In all, 66 graduates have been actively seeking employment and 66 have gained employment within the recommended timeframe according to the JRCERT standards.