I graduated in 1987, so I've been doing it for almost 20 years. I like what I do. I randomly picked it. I worked the first ten years in a Minneapolis trauma/teaching hospital. I did CT about half time for five years. It's (CT) fun for a while, but then routine. Like everything. I did mobile radiography, driving a van to nursing homes, for a year. I liked that. I've been where I am, a large teaching hospital, for seven years. I specialize in fluoroscopy- barium studies mostly, now. I like that a lot.

I would do radiography- you can always add on ultrasound, interventional radiology, radiation therapy, MRI, CT, mammography,nuclear medicine- lots of specialties, but if you do just ultrasound, then you're limited to that only. (But it's a big field.)

I don't think the course work is too difficult- tons of anatomy, physiology, positioning, that's the main stuff, then physics, patient care, stuff about film and digital technology, etc. I wasn't a great studier in HS but I got all As in college except for geology :-( (I got a B) (It's all new terminology- it was really tough!!)

We're guessing starting pay, for a plain rad tech, in the south (so minus 30% from up north) is $16/hour. Pretty decent money for a two year degree. Then you can get a BA/BS and go into management in any health care field, not just radiology. But you can get promoted right up the ladder in radiology, in most places, without a bach degree. Then you can add on an RPA (Radiology Physician Assistant) degree for $$$$$.