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THE 2025 DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND APPLICATION PERIOD HAS NOW CLOSED. THE 2026 APPLICATION PERIOD WILL OPEN IN EARLY JANUARY, 2026.

Bellevue College offers an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program that provides educational and clinical experience as preparation for employment and national certification as a diagnostic medical sonographer.  Our program has a selective admissions program which includes specific procedures and requirements that differ from other programs. These must be followed closely in order to be considered for the program.

Diagnostic medical sonographers, echocardiographers, and vascular technologists are a highly skilled individuals qualified by academic and clinical experience to provide diagnostic imaging services using ultrasound and related diagnostic techniques. Graduates are eligible to apply for and take the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers’ National Certification examination.

Accreditation:

The Diagnostic Ultrasound Technology programs (Adult Cardiac concentration) is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon recommendation of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS).

Bellevue College was informed by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) that the General (Abdomen-Extended and OB/GYN) and Vascular Tracks of our Diagnostic Ultrasound program were withdrawn from the accredited list. To best serve students, the program has amended the prerequisites for entry into the General (Abdomen-Extended and OB/GYN) and Vascular tracks.

  • General (Abdomen-Extended and OB/GYN) and Vascular Track graduates are only able to sit for ARDMS board exams if they have a previous bachelor’s degree or graduate from an accredited program, based on ARDMS requirements. Therefore, in order to best serve students, all 2025 applicants to the Diagnostic Ultrasound GENERAL (Abdomen-Extended and OB/GYN) and VASCULAR tracks must have a bachelor’s degree in any subject to be considered for acceptance into the program.
  • Once the General (Abdomen-Extended and OB/GYN) and Vascular tracks are fully reaccredited, we will return to Prerequisite Pathway 1. 
  • The echocardiography track is still accredited, so it currently falls under Prerequisite Pathway 1.  Therefore, 2025 echocardiography applicants are not required to have a bachelor’s degree to apply to the program.  

CAAHEP
9355 – 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775 
Tel:  (727) 210-2350
Fax: (727) 210-2354

www.caahep.org

Bellevue College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
8060 165th Ave NE, Suite 100
Redmond, WA  98052

Regional accreditation of post secondary institutions is a voluntary, non-governmental, self-regulatory process of quality assurance and institutional improvement.

Program News & Updates

Anne Jones Scholarship Award Winner

Bellevue College junior and future vascular sonographer, Ashley Whitman, was one of four nation-wide recipients awarded an Anne Jones Scholarship.  The Anne Jones Scholarship Fund of the Society of Vascular Ultrasound grants one $2,500 and three $1,000 annual educational scholarships for eligible students currently enrolled in an accredited dedicated vascular ultrasound technology program which offers an associate or bachelor’s degree in the profession.  It was established in 2005 to honor the many contributions of Anne Jones, RN, BSN RVT RDMS FSVU former SVU President (1985-1986); former Chair of SVU’s Government Relations (now Advocacy) Committee.  Ashley was selected based on academic achievement, college and community service, financial need, as well as extraordinary enthusiasm and commitment in pursuit of her vascular ultrasound career. Ashley was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

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