MRI Technologist Training

MRI Tech Programs in Delaware

Tesla MR's hybrid MRI program takes 12 to 18 months and needs no prior imaging credential: coursework is online, and our site team arranges your clinical training. Every other program a Delaware resident can attend is compared below.

Comparing programs nationally? See MRI tech school formats, costs, and certification paths. Checking accreditation? See every accredited MRI tech certification program.

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MRI technologist student training at a clinical site
$104K Avg. Salary
0 Affiliated Sites
12-18 mo Program Length
Starting at $11,500 Tuition
Already in imaging?

Already working in an imaging department in Delaware?

X-ray, CT, and nuclear medicine techs, MRI aides, transporters, schedulers, and nurses who work around a scanner do not need a second degree or an X-ray license to move into MRI. The coursework is online, so you keep your job, and clinical hours can happen at a facility you already know.

Train where you work.

If your department has an MRI scanner and will host you, our site team asks them first. Your employer signs a site agreement and names an ARRT or ARMRIT mentor.

How clinicals at your current facility work

Keep your paycheck.

The online phases fit around a hospital schedule. Clinicals are the squeeze, and we show the schedules other hospital employees have used.

MRI school while working full time

Ask your employer to pay.

Some employers cover part of tuition, and we can invoice them directly. Here is what to ask HR before you pay a deposit.

Employer tuition reimbursement
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Already ARRT registered? Compare ARRT (MR) and ARMRIT before you choose a route.

Program at a glance

  • 12-18 month program
  • No prerequisites: a high school diploma or GED
  • 100% online coursework
  • Our site team handles clinical placement
  • Eligible to sit the ARMRIT exam on completion

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Your options

MRI programs available to Delaware residents

4 in-person or regional programs plus Tesla MR's hybrid option. Only one of them trains you in MRI directly without a prior X-ray credential. Facts come from each school's published pages. Confirm with the school before you apply.

Published cost is what each school states on its own site. Some schools publish tuition only; others include fees, books, or uniforms; public colleges often distinguish in-district from out-of-district rates. Each row says which. For the national list with accreditor and entry requirement for every program, see accredited MRI tech certification programs.

Program Path Credential Length Prior X-ray? Format Published cost
Tesla MR Online coursework, clinicals near you
MRI direct
Certificate (ARMRIT exam eligibility)ARMRIT
12 to 18 months
No
Hybrid: online lectures, in-person clinicals
$11,500 to $13,400 by payment plan
Delaware Technical Community College, Wilmington campus (Radiologic Technology) Wilmington, DE JRCERT accredited. Competitive Allied Health admission (BIO 120, a qualifying math course, 2.5 GPA, interview). Fall start is Wilmington only; summer start also offered. No MRI program is listed by the college.
X-ray first
Associate degree in Radiologic Technology (at least 72 credits)ARRT (R)
8 semesters on the course sequence sheet (semester 1 is prerequisite courses, semesters 2 through 8 are the program)
No
In-person didactic courses with integrated clinical experiences in area radiology departments
$156.75 per credit in-state, $392.30 per credit out-of-state (2026-2027 academic year, college tuition page), plus fees; program cost sheet (revised 5/2024) lists $1,053 textbooks, $300 uniforms, $225 ARRT application fee
Delaware Technical Community College, Owens campus (Radiologic Technology) Georgetown, DE JRCERT accredited. Summer start only at Georgetown. Ranking worksheet (updated 10/24/25): top 30 ranked applicants are invited to interview; Delaware residents receive ranking points.
X-ray first
Associate degree in Radiologic Technology (at least 72 credits)ARRT (R)
8 semesters on the course sequence sheet (semester 1 is prerequisite courses, semesters 2 through 8 are the program)
No
In-person didactic courses with integrated clinical experiences in area radiology departments
$156.75 per credit in-state, $392.30 per credit out-of-state (2026-2027 academic year, college tuition page), plus fees
Thomas Jefferson University (BS in Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Magnetic Resonance Imaging concentration) Philadelphia, PA Neighboring state. JRCERT accredited (8-year award). Catalog: one-year MRI entry requires 50 prerequisite credits plus a baccalaureate degree, or 50 credits plus prior imaging certification; no X-ray credential is listed as required for MRI.
MRI direct
Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, MRI concentration (44 credits in the one-year concentration)ARRT (MR)
One-year concentration (three semesters); two-year dual-concentration option also offered
No
On campus (Center City) with clinical MRI rotations
$49,943 full-time tuition plus $1,277 general fee and $1,720 departmental fee (2026-2027); part-time $1,568 per credit
Community College of Baltimore County (Magnetic Resonance Imaging Certificate) Essex, MD Neighboring state. Admission requires being a licensed, registered radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, radiation therapist, or sonographer by the ARRT and the State of Maryland. Starts in October or June.
MRI after X-ray
Credit Certificate in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (21 credits)ARRT (MR) post-primary
9 month completion
Yes
In-person at the Essex campus; mix of synchronous, asynchronous and face-to-face courses with 16 clinical hours per week
Not published

Verified against each program's own website between Sep 18, 2026 and Oct 31, 2026. Tuition, length, and admission rules change; the school's page is the authority. Tesla MR is not a degree-granting institution and does not participate in federal financial aid. See accreditation. The schools named here are not affiliated with Tesla MR and do not endorse it; their names belong to their owners. Spot an error? Email info@teslamr.com and we will review it within 10 business days.

The path

How to become an MRI tech in Delaware

Five steps, the same in Delaware as anywhere else. Where you do step four is what changes by city.

  1. Confirm you are eligible

    A high school diploma or GED is the floor. You do not need a prior X-ray, radiography, or healthcare credential for the ARMRIT route. Some of the in-person programs in the table above do require one.

  2. Pick the credential you are aiming for

    Employers in Delaware hire both ARRT (MR) and ARMRIT technologists. ARRT usually means a two-year degree or a prior radiography license. ARMRIT is the certificate route for career changers.

  3. Choose a program format that fits your life

    Full-time campus programs are faster if you can stop working. Hybrid programs put the coursework online and the clinical hours at a facility near you, which is how most working adults finish.

  4. Complete supervised clinical hours

    Every path ends at a scanner. Clinical training is the part that depends on local capacity, so ask any program how placement works before you enroll. Ours is explained below.

  5. Pass the registry exam and get hired

    Delaware's radiation law covers users of ionizing radiation and does not mention MRI. Employers require ARRT (MR) or ARMRIT certification. Once certified, you can apply to the hospital systems and imaging groups listed further down this page.

Where you would train and work

MRI employers in Delaware, and which ones are in our clinical network

We are still building our network in Delaware. An affiliated site is a facility in our clinical network where students can be placed. The others are places MRI techs work in Delaware that we have not affiliated with yet.

Affiliated site Employer, not yet affiliated

We have not mapped Delaware employers yet. Tell us where you live and our site team will do it for your application.

Pulled from Tesla MR's site database on October 31, 2026. Affiliations are added and change over time; the assessment you receive during admissions is the one that applies to you.

Clinical placement

How clinical placement works

Our Clinical Sites team leads placement. You are not expected to find or negotiate your own clinical site. We look for a facility within a reasonable commute of your home and widen the search only if we need to.

Timing depends on facilities having capacity when you reach clinicals. If your area is thin, we tell you during admissions, not after you enroll, and we talk through the options with you.

Growing here · Delaware

We are still building our network in Delaware. If you apply, the site team maps your area first and tells you what to expect before you commit.

  1. We look at your area during admissions

    If you already have a facility in mind, maybe where you work, we reach out and see whether you can train there. If not, our site team maps the hospitals and imaging centers near your home and starts the conversation.

  2. You get a straight answer before you enroll

    Clinicals are still months away at this point, so a site's answer is usually "we expect so, check back closer to the date." We tell you what we heard and what it means for your timeline.

  3. You start the coursework while the site work continues

    Most students begin Phase I and Phase II before a specific facility is named. That is normal, and the site team keeps working your area in the background.

  4. Your site is confirmed as clinicals approach

    Once clinicals are weeks away rather than months, facilities can commit to dates. We work to have your placement set before Phase III begins. Which facility and which shift depends on who has capacity at that time.

MRI technologist licensing in Delaware

Delaware’s Radiation Control statute (16 Del. C. ch. 74) covers licensing or certification of users of ionizing radiation. Its definition of ionizing radiation covers X-rays and gamma rays and excludes radio waves, and the chapter does not mention magnetic resonance imaging. X-ray technologists are the group subject to state certification.

Employers set the credential requirement. Most postings ask for ARRT (MR) or ARMRIT, the two national MRI certifications, and both are valid in all 50 states.

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Key Takeaway

Delaware’s radiation law covers users of ionizing radiation and does not mention MRI. Employers require ARRT (MR) or ARMRIT certification.

MRI technologist salary in Delaware

BLS reports a May 2025 median of $103,510 for MRI technologists in Delaware, with about 170 employed statewide (BLS OEWS, state estimates). The national median is $95,480. For comparison, Delaware radiologic technologists, which includes X-ray and CT, have a median of $84,210.

Entry-level pay sits below the median. Shift differentials, specialty work such as cardiac or breast MRI, and 3 to 5 years of experience push experienced technologists above it. See the MRI technologist salary guide and salary by state for the full breakdown.

Where MRI techs work in Delaware

Major healthcare employers in Delaware include ChristianaCare, Bayhealth, Beebe Healthcare, Nemours Children’s Health. These systems operate hospitals, outpatient imaging centers, and specialty clinics across the state.

Delaware’s compact size means the MRI job market is dominated by a few major systems, with ChristianaCare employing a significant share of the state’s imaging workforce. Northern Delaware is functionally part of the Philadelphia labor market, which pushes wages higher in the Wilmington area. The state has no sales tax, and its moderate cost of living relative to neighboring Pennsylvania and New Jersey makes it an attractive base for imaging professionals who commute across state lines.

MRI programs by city in Delaware

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Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on the path. The X-ray-first route is a 2-year radiography degree followed by an MRI certificate, often about another year. Every Delaware MRI program we verified asks for an existing imaging registry first, so the local route starts with X-ray. The nearest campus option we found is Thomas Jefferson University (BS in Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Magnetic Resonance Imaging concentration) in Philadelphia, PA. Tesla MR's hybrid certificate takes most students 12 to 18 months.

BLS does not break CT out separately; it reports radiologic technologists and technicians, which includes X-ray and CT, at a Delaware median of $84,210 versus $103,510 for MRI technologists (May 2025). Nationally the figures are $80,110 and $95,480. MRI is the higher-paid modality in both sets of numbers.

The coursework is real: MRI physics, cross-sectional anatomy, pulse sequences, and safety around a magnet that is always on. Most students who put in steady weekly hours pass. In Delaware the harder part is often the entry requirement, since every MRI program we verified in the state asks for an existing imaging registry first. Every path ends with a national registry exam, ARRT or ARMRIT.

Not through a Delaware campus program that we could verify: each MRI program in the state asks for an existing ARRT, ARDMS, or NMTCB registry, so the local route is X-ray first. The nearest campus option we found is Thomas Jefferson University (BS in Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Magnetic Resonance Imaging concentration) in Philadelphia, PA. Tesla MR's hybrid certificate accepts students with no prior imaging credential and places clinicals at affiliated Delaware sites. Check the prior X-ray column in the table above before you apply anywhere.

Our Clinical Sites team leads placement. You are not expected to secure your own site. If you know a facility, you can propose it, but we review it, confirm capacity, sign the agreement, and approve it. The affiliated Delaware health systems are listed on this page.

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