Accredited Medical Sonography Schools

Morehead State University

• Morehead State University offers 78 undergraduate degree programs at its Morehead, Kentucky, campus. "U.S. News and World Report" named Morehead State as one of the best colleges in America in 2006. The school's college of science and technology oversees its diagnostic medical sonography program. Graduates of the program receive a Bachelor of Science in imaging science. The diagnostic medical sonography portion of the program is in the student's fourth year. It consists of 13 months of didactic work and clinical practice. The program has accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

  Morehead State University
  150 University Blvd.
  Morehead, KY 40351
  800-585-6781
  moreheadstate.edu

Seattle University

• Seattle University has an undergraduate degree in diagnostic ultrasound. The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. To graduate from the program, students must complete 181 credit hours of study and have a GPA of 2.5 or better, plus maintain a minimum "C" average in all core courses. The school offers a 12-month clinical internship program, but students cannot arrange their own internship. The department's clinical coordinator arranges all student internships. The school's diagnostic imaging program is part of the college of science and engineering. The school has two study plan suggestions for obtaining the degree---one that begins during freshman year for new students and the other for transfer students who already have an associate's degree and have completed all major prerequisite courses for the program.

  Seattle University
  Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound
  901 12th Ave.
  P.O. Box 222000
  Seattle, WA 98122
  206-296-5960
  seattleu.edu

Medical College of Georgia

• The Medical College of Georgia's school of allied health sciences oversees its diagnostic medical sonography program. In 2007, the school was granted continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The school offers an undergraduate degree in diagnostic medical sonography. Courses include sonographic instrumentation, sectional anatomy, professional issues, clinical internship and introduction to vascular sonography. Potential students must already have 60 credit hours of prerequisite courses completed from another accredited institution, plus two letters of recommendation and a GPA of 2.5 or greater for acceptance into the program.

  Medical College of Georgia
  1120 15th St.
  Augusta, GA 30912
  706-721-0211
  mcg.edu