Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program

Join one of the area’s most highly regarded, accredited programs in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMSP). Our program offers three separate concentrations of study – General (Abdomen-Extended/OB-GYN), Cardiac, and Vascular. The program is a full-time (day), non-degree program that takes 13.5 months to complete. Our goal is to prepare the student to be a competent entry-level sonographer in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for their assigned concentration, of the following concentration(s) we offer: Abdominal sonography – Extended and Obstetrics and Gynecology sonography (our “General” track), Adult Cardiac sonography, or Vascular sonography. Upon successful completion of the program students receive a Professional Certificate from UMBC and will be eligible to sit for their National Registry Exams in Sonography.

Sonographers are highly skilled medical professionals who work directly with patients to perform non-invasive imaging tests and procedures, providing physicians with diagnostic information about various systems of the body. Whether detecting a blood clot, evidence of cancer, signs of a cardiovascular disease, or monitoring an infant in the womb, sonographers are key members of a medical team.

We are well above national average for national sonography credentialing success! Our class of 2022 boasts an 86% credentialing success rate and a 98% post-graduation employment rate, and for our class of 2023: an 87% credentialing rate and a 97% employment rate.