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2022 Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
139 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician is the 168th most popular major in the country with 5,400 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 308 diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 139 diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Hays State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Hays, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 73 degrees to qualified bachelors’s diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician students in 2019-2020.

FHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Fort Hays State University is $12,053 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician students with aid.

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#2

Washburn University

Topeka, Kansas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Topeka, Kansas, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Washburn University also made our “Best Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Washburn University is $14,481 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician students with aid.

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#3

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also took the #4 spot in our “Best Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,078 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician students with aid per year to attend St. Kate’s.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician degrees to qualified students.

Nebraska Methodist College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $25,311 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician students with aid per year to attend Nebraska Methodist College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryan College of Health Sciences landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Bryan College of Health Sciences not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bryan College of Health Sciences is $26,122 for plains states region bachelor’s degree diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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