Healthcare
Radiologists
Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. May perform minimally invasive medical procedures and tests.
Median salary (BLS)
$420,860
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$89k – $594k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Radiologists
Education
Typical entry: Doctorate / professional (MD, JD, PhD)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Radiologists
Entry / Junior
$89,010
~2 yrs to advance
Radiologists
Established
$420,860
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Radiologists
Senior
$507,635
Key skills
A typical day
- •Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
- •Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.
- •Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed.
- •Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.
- •Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.