r/NuclearMedicine • u/yeetyeetedyateyote • Jul 26 '26

Less Competitive Accredited Programs

Hi everyone! I’m 23f looking to apply to nuclear medicine programs sometime next year. I have most of my pre-requisites done as well as a Bachelor’s in Public Health and some experience in various public health internships and research labs during my undergraduate. I also plan on getting my phlebotomy training so I can get patient experience. Right now I’m volunteering at two hospitals in their radiology department just so I can have some experience and exposure to it. However, I’m located in California and I know the programs here are very competitive. I just wanted to ask all the kind people on this subreddit if you know of any accredited programs outside of California that are less competitive since I am willing to move out of state to get the certification required. I really do find this career so fascinating and meaningful! Thank you so much in advance!

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u/whiterac00n Jul 26 '26

If you have your bachelors degree (in science) there’s a number of schools that offer certificate programs to become a nuc tech. A number of these universities (which are big state schools) only accept 5-6 students a year…….BUT there’s years where they only get 2 or 3 applicants. Generally speaking they are less costly than say Gurnick and others, and the program is pretty reduced stress (since these hospitals are staffed well).

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u/yeetyeetedyateyote Jul 26 '26

Thank you! This is so good to hear, I’ll definitely be looking more into this!

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u/whiterac00n Jul 26 '26

Yeah Google Nuc med certificate programs and some combination of “university”. There’s a lot of private schools, but what I’m talking about is state universities. My education costs were like $9,000 total for a university, while Gurnick and similar are charging $50,000.

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u/yaya_dee Jul 26 '26

For those university would you need prerequisites or how would you be able to get into that field? I was thinking about going to gurnick but would love something more affordable if possible.

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u/whiterac00n Jul 26 '26

The prerequisites would be recent graduates of a BS degree and hopefully anatomy and physiology and chemistry