Computed Tomography
Further your career with a certificate in computed tomography.
CT is a fast-paced and dynamic post-primary certification offered to registered technologists. This certification will increase your employment options and earning potential. Designed with the working technologist in mind, we’re offering an online didactic course and flexible internship opportunities throughout the fall, spring and summer semesters. This certificate includes a two-credit online course, exceeding the requirement of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologies (ARRT). The CT program uses a competency-based format, which means you can move through at your own pace until autonomy, to be deemed "job-ready" and competency skills are achieved. Clinical internships are available at various hospitals and clinics throughout Colorado.
This post-primary certificate will increase your employment options and earning potential. Designed with the working technologist in mind, we are offering an online didactic course and weekday internship opportunities throughout the Denver metro area. This certificate includes a two-credit online course that exceeds the requirements of the ARRT. Topics emphasized are patient interactions and safety, data acquisition, image production and quality, CT procedures and anatomy.
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
Some programs and/or courses may require additional fees in addition to the base tuition and fees. High-cost course fees are used to support the maintenance and development of the course labs and are embedded within your general tuition.
The following courses have additional fees:
RTE 1081, RTE 1082, RTE 1083, RTE 2080, RTE 2081, RTE 2082, RTE 2084, RTE 2092
View the 2024-2025 Course Specific Fees
This program is not eligible for federal student aid.
Scholarships are now available for short certificates at CCD. See if you qualify here. Also, view more scholarships and apply.
The online course progresses at a flexible pace for an individualized learning experience. Once completed, you’ll enroll in a clinical internship offered at clinics and hospitals located along the Front Range.
Your internships will prepare you to be job ready and are arranged by CCD’s CT program coordinator. The required clinical internship is 4 credits, or two days per week for 10 weeks. To complete the program, you’ll be evaluated by the supervising technologist and CCD’s CT program coordinator to ensure you demonstrate your clinical skills, obtain additional competencies (the ARRT requires a minimum of 125 competencies), and to attain autonomy in the clinical setting.
Additional internships are available should you need additional time.
What Can I Do with My Major?
Overall employment of computed tomography technologists is projected to grow 24 percent in Colorado from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. As the population grows older, there will be an increase in medical conditions that require imaging as a tool for making diagnoses. This post-primary certification will increase your employment options and earning potential.
How Much Can I Expect to Earn?
The median annual wage for computed tomography imaging technologists was $73,410 in May 2022.
This information was taken from Onet and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
| Total of 2021 Graduates | Total Students Employed in their Field of Study | Total Students Who Have Transferred to 4-year Degree or Other Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 18 | 0 |
Fall Semester Start: April 1 - July 15
Spring Semester Start: October 1 - November 15
The following information describes steps to enrollment and includes forms you will need to print, complete, and submit electronically to apply and be accepted into the CT certificate program. Applications for admission are considered by completeness and on a first-come, first-served basis. Some clinical sites may interview potential applicants at their discretion.
Please email Teri Huggins with any questions.
Program Admission Requirements
- This program is not eligible for financial aid.
- Enroll as a CCD student. Admission to CCD does not guarantee placement in the CT certificate program.
- Candidates must pass a 10-year background check and drug screen when instructed by the program coordinator. Enrollment in the courses is restricted by the coordinator.
- You must hold current certification in radiography, radiation therapy, or nuclear medicine by the ARRT or NMTCB.
Prepare Your Supplemental Materials
The CT certificate application requires supplemental materials to be prepared prior to applying.
The supplemental materials include:
- vaccination and medical records;
- AHA CPR card
- Radiology License-ARDMS, ARRT, or NMCTB
- Resume
- Current Health Insurance card
Please save and name all completed documents using the following format: Last Name-Document Name (ex. "Smith-CPR.pdf").
Vaccination and Medical Records
Applicants to the CT certificate program are required to submit specific vaccination and medical records as part of their application supplemental materials.
You will need to provide the following records:
- A negative Tuberculosis (TB) skin test OR QuantiFERON (QFT) Gold test OR clear chest x-ray image within 3 months of applying
- Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine;
- Varicella vaccine;
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine within the last 10 years
- Flu vaccine;
- Hepatitis B vaccine;
- Physical within the last year
- COVID-19 vaccine
The Health Center can help you obtain any vaccines or tests you may need and provide the required records above.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
If you haven’t done so yet, you must be a current CCD student to enroll in this program. The CCD application is free.
Admission to the College does not guarantee admission to the CT program. Admission to the CT program is dependent upon clinical site availability and fulfillment of the other program admission requirements.
Applicants are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Incomplete applications will not be considered for admission. Please keep your own copies of all documentation submitted.
- Please do not begin the BGC and drug screen process until instructed to do so by the program coordinator.
- Regardless of a previous employment background check (BGC) and drug screen, a new one must be initiated through Castle Branch.
- There is a non-refundable fee of $80.
- Once accepted into the program, you must submit a receipt for the background check and drug screening process.
Read, sign, and print the CCD Informed Consent for Background Check and include it in your application packet.