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• Tuition & Fees
• Certification Exam Rate
• Placement Rate

As A Career | Admission |

• Program Acceptance fee - $150. Payable upon acceptance into the program (Non refundable)
• Tuition and Fees (These are for 2011-2012 session and are subject to annual changes.)
  • Tuition - Students receiving a certificate of completion and zero hours of credit pay a tuition established specifically for the DCS Program of $2,250 for residents or $3,375 for non residents for the 6-month program. The tuition is due on the first day of the program.
  • Fees - All students are required to pay mandatory student fees which include an application fee, technology fee, student activities fee, student services fee, student union fee, building fee, arts and cultural events fee and a recreation fee, and miscellaneous non-degree certificate program fee. The mandatory fees are assessed via U-bill and will be approximately $781.50 for the entire program.
• Textbooks – $300 (Estimate for the entire program)
• Uniforms - $300 (Estimate for the entire program)
• *Room & Board - $5,830 (6 months)
• Medical History and Health Screening, TB & TB Respirator-fitting Tests, & Immunizations

  All Radiation Sciences students are required to complete a medical history and a health screening form, complete a TB skin and mask-fitting test annually and show proof of immunizations. The TB tests and any needed immunizations may be obtained at UI Student Health Services or from your personal physician. Cost varies.

• *Personal - $4,844 (Annual; includes phone charges, clothes, entertainment, laundry, mandatory student health insurance, and other costs. Although your actual expenses may vary, these are estimates to help with budgeting.)
• *Transportation - $1,190 (Annual)
• Students may be eligible to apply for financial aid as administered by the University Office of Student Financial Aid. Call (319) 335-1450 for information and/or appointments.
• American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers examination fees - $200 per exam, $50 application fee. (Most graduates take adult cardiac sonography only. Sonography Principles and Instrumentation exam may be required if not already completed)

*These figures are developed and provided by the UI Office of Student Financial Aid annually.

Payment of Student Account

Charges incurred for food, University computer, activity, and services fees, student health insurance, car registration, parking, library and parking fines are billed on a monthly statement and mailed to your residence address. Fees are billed three times each semester and once during the summer session. Accounts unpaid 15 days after the billing date are reported to the Registrar for cancellation of registration. If your registration is canceled and you wish to reinstate, a reinstatement fee and all existing indebtedness must be paid within ten calendar days after the cancellation becomes effective or the privilege of reinstatement may be denied. If you do not reinstate after a canceled registration, any tuition and fees remaining for the canceled session are still due. If you cancel your registration, any refund due will be, upon request, mailed to you approximately 45 days following the date of cancellation.

Commitment to the Pursuit of Quality

The Cardiac Sonography Program takes great care in its pursuit to select and educate top quality sonographers. The items below provide verification of our commitment to this pursuit.

Certification Examination Rate

Program graduates sit for the adult cardiac sonography exam administered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS). The program graduates have enjoyed strong achievement on ARDMS Certification exams. Since 2001 the graduates of the Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography Program have achieved a 100% certification rate with the ARDMS. The program is unable to report mean scaled scores or first time pass rates as that data is not provided by the certifying agency.  

Program Placement Rate

*Placement rate is calculated using the Joint Review Committee on Education Programs in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (www.jrcdms.org) methodology.