Ultrasound Technician Schools in Colorado

Red Rocks Community College

• Red Rocks Community College has two locations in Colorado, one in Lakewood and the other in Arvada. The Arvada campus is the only campus that offers a full-time sonography program that lasts 21 months or five semesters. The program itself is designed to prepare students to enter the field upon graduation in an entry-level position. In addition to the in class academic instruction, students are also given the opportunity to work in a clinical environment with patients and acquire hands-on experience. The program is separated into three specialized areas of study which include diagnostic medical sonography, vascular technology and echocardiography. Red Rocks Community College has a very competitive admissions process and only accepts 16 to 20 students yearly.

  Red Rocks Community College
  Arvada Campus
  5420 Miller Street
  Arvada, CO 80002
  303-914-6010
  rrcc.edu/dms/

Pueblo Community College

• Pueblo Community College offers an Associate of Applied Science degree and certificate program in diagnostic medical sonography. The program is only open to students who have either a bachelor's degree or a two-year degree or certificate in a field related to patient care. The program takes four semesters to complete, and is for students who are either seeking certification or a degree.

  Pueblo Community College
  900 West Orman Avenue
  Pueblo, CO 81004
  719-549-3200
  pueblocc.edu

University of Colorado Hospital

• The University of Colorado Hospital has a diagnostic medical sonography program that, as of March 2010, begins every September and lasts for 12 months. The timing and length of the program may change according to the requirements of accreditation. Between seven and nine students are accepted yearly into the program and upon acceptance are assigned to a hospital that will be their primary location for the remainder of the program. In addition to classroom instruction, students receive hands-on experience as well as training in the laboratory. Student instruction is performed one day out of each week with the remaining days spent in the hospital or clinic.

  University of Colorado Hospital
  1635 Aurora Court
  Aurora, CO 80045
  720-848-1872
  uchsc.edu