2025 Best Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
36
Colleges in the Southwest Region
624
Associate Degrees
If you pursue a associate degree in
diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #47 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 36 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 624 associate degrees in diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician School for Your Associate Degree
The diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.