Best programs to become a radiation therapist in Washington
2 Washington schools offer programs that train radiation therapists, graduating 75 people a year. Radiation therapists in Washington earn a median of $125,880 across about 540 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
BLS lists an associate's degree as the typical entry-level education for radiation therapists. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Washington is Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist (IPEDS completions).
Provide radiation therapy to patients as prescribed by a radiation oncologist according to established practices and standards.
1 program in Washington that leads to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Washington (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 Washington page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 51.0907In Washington → | 75 | 100.0% | 2 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
Top 2 schools in Washington
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 2 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bellevue College Bellevue, WA Public · 1 feeder program | 47 | Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist | $79,877 | 36% | — | — |
| 2 | Bellingham Technical College Bellingham, WA Public · 1 feeder program | 28 | Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist | — | 42% | — | — |
All 2 schools in Washington
Every school in Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue College | Bellevue | Public | 47 | 1 |
| Bellingham Technical College | Bellingham | Public | 28 | 1 |
Fields of study in Washington that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
What radiation therapists earn in Washington
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $105,310. Washington pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: Washington employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Washington
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 and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Radiation Therapists page.
How to become a radiation therapist
- Typical entry education
- Associate's degree
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Washington
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 1 majors mapped to Radiation Therapists1 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 radiation therapists programs in Washington.
What degree do you need to become a radiation therapist?+
BLS lists an associate's degree as the typical entry-level education for radiation therapists. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Washington is Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist (IPEDS completions).
Which college majors lead to becoming a radiation therapist?+
The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Washington is Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist (IPEDS completions). In all, 1 feeder program graduates about 75 people a year in Washington (IPEDS completions).
How much do radiation therapists earn in Washington?+
The median is $125,880 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 19.5% above the U.S. median of $105,310. 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 radiation therapists growing?+
BLS projects a +1.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Washington?+
2 institutions in Washington reported graduates from at least one of the 1 program 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 radiation therapists work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Dosimetrist, Radiation Therapist (RT), Staff Radiation Therapist, Registered Radiation Therapist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-1124.
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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