Best job field / degree

[bogey72]

2 year technician degrees are often overlooked in healthcare. My wife is a Radiological Technician which is a fancy name for someone who takes xrays, MRI's, Mammograms, CTs, etc. She had some community college under her belt and I talked her into going to school for an RT degree. That was about 12 years ago and she has been employed with the same hospital the entire time. The best part was that her entire education was relatively inexpensive and we didn't owe a penny when she walked across the stage. She does mammograms now and likes it for the most part. She's happy doing that but I personally would have gotten managerial experience as well as some more certs and tried to climb the ladder. That is not her personality and she enjoys being more low key. But the point is that many of the 2 year degrees like RT, nursing (but more and more are being pushed to BSN which is much more expensive), PT asst., Respiratory therapist (if you can handle mucus and lots of it), etc. are in demand fields with a relatively short and cheap buy in as opposed to many BS, BA degrees.

Just some food for thought.