Sonography

Marketable Skills

A career in sonography offers a wide variety of exams and procedures. A sonographer must be a driven individual with excellent marketable and critical thinking skills including:

• Active Listening – Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• Social Perceptiveness – Understanding people's reactions
• Reading Comprehension – Reading work-related information
• Speaking – Talking to others
• Critical Thinking – Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
• Monitoring – Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
• Time Management – Managing your time and the time of other people
• Active Learning – Figuring out how to use new ideas or things

Career Opportunities

Most diagnostic imaging workers are employed in hospitals or work in physicians’ offices or medical and diagnostic laboratories.

Demand

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says the employment of diagnostic medical sonographers and cardiovascular technologists and technicians is projected to grow 17% from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations. As the large baby-boom population ages, the need to diagnose medical conditions—such as blood clots and heart disease—will likely increase.

Program Requirements

• Apply to Midland College
  
  MC Application & Enrollment Info

• Complete the Sonography Program Application and Criminal History Background Check Form:
  
  
  • Health Sciences General Application
  • Sonography Admission/Information Packet (pdf)
• Satisfy requirements for Texas Success Initiative (TSI):
  
  Texas Success Initiative

• Take the ATI Test of Essential Academic Skills (ATI TEAS) and score minimum level of proficient.
  
  MC Testing Services

• Required Immunizations:
  • Mumps-Measles-Rubella (MMR, 2 doses)
  • Hepatitis B (3 doses)
  • Varicella (Chicken Pox) - 2 doses or verification of disease
  • Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (Tdap) - 1 dose within the last 10 years
  • COVID-19 vaccine or medical/religious exemption

• Completion of the following courses with a minimum grade of “C”:
  • PHYS 1415 - Physical Science I or PHYS 1401, College Physics I
  • BIOL 2401 - Anatomy and Physiology I
  • MATH 1314 - College Algebra
  • ENGL 1301 - Composition I
  • HPRS 1106 - Essentials of Medical Terminology

What to Expect if Accepted

• Class meets on campus one day per week during each semester.
• Clinical is completed at the assigned clinical site 3 days per week from 8-5.
• Students are required to maintain CPR license and personal health insurance throughout the duration of the program.

2020-2021 Program Outcomes

• Student Retention: 71%
• Job Placement: 70%
• Credential Success Rates*
  • SPI: 90.9%
  • Obstetrics/Gynecology: 90%
  • Abdominal/Superficial Structures: 66.67%

* Includes one student that graduated separately from cohort due to COVID-19. 

Apply for General Scholarships through the Financial Aid Portal

FAFSA Requirement

The student's FAFSA application must be on file with MC Financial Aid to access the Financial Aid Portal and apply for scholarships.

If the student's FAFSA application is not on file with MC Financial Aid, the student needs to complete the FAFSA application, and once processed, will have access to complete the general scholarship application.

FAFSA Information

How to Apply

1. Go to our Financial Aid Portal, by clicking this link: Financial Aid Portal
2. Log in using your SSN and Password. If this is your first time, click the "First Time User" link under the Submit button in the "Log In" box.
3. Click the menu button at the top left-hand corner.
4. Select the Scholarship Application.

For additional scholarship details and deadlines, visit the General Scholarships page.

General Scholarships