Schools for an Echo Tech

Darton College

• Darton College offers a six-semester associate degree program in cardiovascular technology that focuses on invasive and noninvasive procedures. In the first semester of study, program participants will have an opportunity to earn American Heart Association certification for Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification. Students will log 1,200 hours of hands-on clinical experience working 40 hours per week in a designated hospital during the last two semesters of the program. The competitive program limits admission to just 10 students per fall semester.

  Darton College
  2400 Gillionville Rd.
  Albany, GA 31707
  229-317-6000
  866-775-1214 (toll-free)
  darton.edu

Grossmont College

• The cardiovascular technologist program at Grossmont College takes place over two years and includes one summer session. The associate degree curriculum combines on-campus lecture and lab study with a clinical subspecialty concentration. Concentration areas include cardiac catheterization (125 credit hours), echocardiography (146 credit hours) and vascular ultrasound (156 credit hours). Before beginning the program, students must complete 35 credit hours of general core courses in English, mathematics, speech communication, humanities, psychology, biology and chemistry. Applicants must pass a math, reading and science diagnostic assessment called the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) for program admission.

  Grossmont College
  8800 Grossmont College Dr.
  El Cajon, CA 92020
  619-644-7302
  grossmont.edu

Molloy College

• The Allied Health Sciences Department of Molloy College offers a 71-credit hour associate's degree in cardiovascular technology. Students may choose from one of three focus areas; invasive cardiac catheterization, cardiac ultrasound-echocardiography, and vascular ultrasound. Students learn techniques for diagnosis and prevention, and rehabilitating patients with cardiac and vascular disease and afflictions. Students must earn basic life support (CPR) and advance cardiologic life support (ACLS) certifications as part of the program's training. The school conducts clinical studies at about 15 hospitals and cardiac diagnostic centers in the Long Island and South Shore areas. Students in their final semester of studies may apply for the Sister Mary Denis McAuliffe, C.I.J. Award for a partial tuition scholarship.

  Molloy College
  1000 Hempstead Ave.
  Rockville Centre, NY 11571-5002
  888-466-5569 (toll-free)
  molloy.edu