Many job listings for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers specifically say, “Minority applicants encouraged to apply.” There are two excellent reasons why that statement is added. First, America’s demographics are changing, and minorities are projected to be the majority by the year 2035 or earlier. Second, the size of the healthcare workforce is expected to significantly increase […]
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Sonographer Training: Financial Aid Begins with FAFSA
Students interested in taking sonographer training accredited by CAAHEP often need help paying for tuition, fees and books. There are many different types of financial aid, including federal and state grants, government backed loans, scholarships administered by the school’s financial aid office, tuition waivers and others. When beginning the search for funding through the financial […]
Sonography Career: Possible without Graduate-Level Education?
While the most common assumptions about a sonography career is that an individual requires a four-year degree or higher in order to retain an ultrasound job, there are several specific careers within this particular field that provide students with the opportunity to begin as an ultrasound technician with an Associate’s degree or even simply a […]
Access Ultrasound School Learning Environment
The process of choosing an ultrasound school that leads to a degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography is first simplified by limiting the selection to those accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The accreditation means the CAAHEP has completed an assessment of the quality of the program content and how […]