Ultrasound Technician Schools in Pennsylvania

Community College of Allegheny County at Boyce

• A public two-year institution, the Community College of Allegheny County at Boyce offers an associate degree and diploma program in diagnostic medical sonography for prospective ultrasound technologists. The campus is located in Monroeville, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh, and has more than 18,000 students. Students in the ultrasound technology program can choose to focus on general, cardiac or vascular sonography. In order to enroll in the program, students must successfully complete courses in biology and medical terminology.

  Community College of Allegheny County at Boyce
  595 Beatty Road
  Monroeville, PA 15146
  (724) 327-1327
  ccac.edu

Thomas Jefferson College of Health Professions

• Located in Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson College of Health Professions is a private institution offering a two-year program that culminates in a bachelor's degree in radiologic sciences with a concentration in cardiac, invasive cardiovascular, general and vascular ultrasound technology. The programs are only offered on a full-time basis and begin once per year. Classes meet eight hours per day, five days a week with mandatory attendance. Students receive hands-on clinical training working with patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, which is also the site of the college.

  Thomas Jefferson College of Health Professions
  111 S. 11th Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19107
  (215) 955-6000
  jefferson.edu

Mount Aloysius College

• The Roman Catholic Order of the Sisters of Mercy founded Mount Aloysius College in 1853. With an enrollment of more than 1,500 students, the college is in the town of Cresson, a rural area approximately 80 miles east of Pittsburgh and 144 miles west of Harrisburg. The College offers an associate degree program in ultrasound technology, which allows students to then spend two more years at the school to earn a bachelor's degree. In addition to courses in the field, students also take classes in rhetoric, communication, statistics and Christian ethics in medicine.

  Mount Aloysius College
  7373 Admiral Peary Highway
  Cresson, PA 16630
  (814) 886-6383
  mtaloy.edu

Northampton Community College

• Situated in Bethlehem, Northampton Community College is 70 miles north of Philadephia. A large public school, the College is home to more than 36,000 students. The diagnostic medical sonography program at the college culminates in either a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree or an 18-month certificate. Abdominal, obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound are the main focuses of the programs. Before graduation, both associate and certificate students complete 1,360 hours of clinical training at hospitals throughout Bucks County. The associate program requires coursework in English, communications, algebra and sociology while the certificate program requires classes only in life and radiologic sciences.

  Northampton Community College
  3835 Green Pond Road
  Bethlehem, PA 18020
  (610) 861-5477
  northampton.edu