Best Medical Dosimetrist programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment
Generate radiation treatment plans, develop radiation dose calculations, communicate and supervise the treatment plan implementation, and consult with members of radiation oncology.
8 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 191 people a year. The job pays a median of $153,490 in Florida across about 320 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Florida that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
1 programs in Florida that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Florida (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Florida page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 51.0907In Florida → | 191 | 100.0% | 8 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
Top 8 schools in Florida
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 8 of the 8 schools in this state.
All 8 schools in Florida
Every school in Florida with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology | Delray Beach | Private for-profit | 45 | 1 |
| Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale | Private not-for-profit | 26 | 1 |
| Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology | Altamonte Springs | Private for-profit | 25 | 1 |
| Palm Beach State College | Lake Worth | Public | 25 | 1 |
| Broward College | Fort Lauderdale | Public | 18 | 1 |
| Hillsborough College | Tampa | Public | 18 | 1 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Public | 17 | 1 |
| Polk State College | Winter Haven | Public | 17 | 1 |
What medical dosimetrists earn in Florida
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $147,470. Florida pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: Florida employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Florida
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Medical Dosimetrists page.
How to become a Medical Dosimetrist
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Florida
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 1 majors mapped to Medical Dosimetrists1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 51.0907Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
Common questions
Answers for people weighing medical dosimetrists programs in Florida.
What degree do you need to become a Medical Dosimetrist?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist, which awarded 191 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Medical Dosimetrist?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Allied Health Diagnostic. Together they graduate about 191 people a year in Florida.
How much do medical dosimetrists earn in Florida?+
The median is $153,490 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 4.1% above the U.S. median of $147,470. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for medical dosimetrists growing?+
BLS projects a +3.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Florida?+
8 institutions in Florida reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do medical dosimetrists work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Dosimetrist, Medical Physicist, Medical Dosimetrist, CMD (Certified Medical Dosimetrist) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-2036.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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