Albany, NY (population: 92,804) has one x-ray technician school within its city limits. Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program has a total student population of 139. It is the 1166th highest ranked school in the USA and the 105th highest in the state of New York (#1 is Columbia University in the City of New York).
X-Ray Technician students from Albany schools who go on to become X-ray technicians, sonography specialists, ultrasound technicians, ultrasound specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 51,630 people working as diagnostic medical sonographers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $63,640. Also, Registered nurses make on average $66,530 per year and there are about 2,583,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area alone, there are 9,160 employed registered nurses earning an average salary of $60,060. Diagnostic medical sonographers in this area earn $65,010/yr and there are 200 employed.
Albany lies in Albany county, which is one of the 28 counties in New York. Overall, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area has 434,590 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.1% unemployment rate, $21.78/hr average worker wage, and a $45,310 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.449 out of every 1000 jobs in Albany are held by diagnostic medical sonographers, and 21.087/1000 are held by registered nurses.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program ends up costing a student $15,276/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Albany |
| Schenectady | NY | 60,703 | 5 | 17.2367 | 92 | 11.2 miles |
| Marlboro | VT | - | 1 | 27.4346 | 45 | 56.1 miles |
| Hyde Park | NY | - | 1 | 37.5099 | 6 | 61.0 miles |
| Delhi | NY | - | 1 | 21.6199 | 47 | 63.1 miles |
| Northampton | MA | - | 1 | 37.759 | 84 | 63.7 miles |
| Westfield | MA | 40,544 | 1 | 31.0441 | 66 | 64.5 miles |
| New Paltz | NY | - | 1 | 36.3278 | 86 | 65.5 miles |
| Poughkeepsie | NY | - | 5 | 45.3979 | 223 | 67.4 miles |
| Pottersville | NY | - | 1 | 23.133 | 2 | 73.4 miles |
| Utica | NY | 57,570 | 7 | 28.5758 | 189 | 78.3 miles |
| Keene | NH | - | 4 | 29.2254 | 143 | 79.4 miles |
| Bristol | CT | 61,049 | 4 | 39.4402 | 191 | 81.4 miles |
| Windsor | CT | - | 1 | 21.4359 | 8 | 81.9 miles |
| East Windsor | CT | - | 1 | 6.26683 | 12 | 82.2 miles |
| Hartford | CT | 123,579 | 6 | 20.3906 | 116 | 84.7 miles |
| Waterbury | CT | 107,118 | 6 | 27.6482 | 209 | 86.1 miles |
| East Hartford | CT | 51,288 | 4 | 22.8181 | 50 | 87.3 miles |
| West Point | NY | - | 1 | 80.8664 | 76 | 88.8 miles |
| Danbury | CT | 80,411 | 2 | 45.3903 | 71 | 89.5 miles |
| Rindge | NH | - | 1 | 51.4025 | 64 | 90.5 miles |
| Meriden | CT | 59,261 | 1 | 19.9014 | 3 | 93.5 miles |
| Verona | NY | - | 1 | 23.1452 | 2 | 95.4 miles |
| Middlebury | VT | - | 1 | 84.1283 | 66 | 98.3 miles |