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Overview
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound is located in a midsized city with a population at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. It is in the Mobile AL area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($54K): Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
Largest undergraduate program (28): Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
Institutional Control
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound is a private for-profit organization.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school.
Accreditation History
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (Accredited December 19, 2005 - present)
- The accreditation was recently renewed on August 12, 2019.
- The next accreditation review is scheduled for February 28, 2026.
Undergraduate Students
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Programs
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound program offerings
What award level are you pursuing?
1-2 Year Certificate
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician
A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to utilize medical ultrasound techniques to gather sonographic data used to diagnose a variety of conditions and diseases. Includes instruction in obtaining, reviewing, and integrating patient histories and data; patient instruction and care; anatomic, physiologic and pathologic data recording; sonographic data processing; sonography equipment operation; and professional standards and ethics
Note: The name and definition of this program are based on Department of Education CIP code descriptions, which ensures uniform reporting across schools in the US. Please check this school's website for detailed program information and their specific course descriptions._
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Completions in Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician by award level
2-4 Year Certificate
1-2 Year Certificate
Recently College Scorecard released data on starting salaries and cumulative federal student debt for each school/program combination with sufficient graduates to allow for privacy concerns with data releases. Shown in the box plots below are data for all schools offering allied health diagnostic, intervention, and treatment professions (which may contain several related fields) by award level. If a value is reported for Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound, then that is shown in blue.
Starting Salaries
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What can I do if I study Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician?
Below we list the careers that the US Department of Education suggests are best fits for people who studied diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician. You can get an idea of salary and the level of education you'll need, as well as whether this is a growing or shrinking career field. Sometimes this list of recommended careers doesn't match what people who earned this degree are really doing. Our diagnostic medical sonography/sonographer and ultrasound technician program page has much more information about the interplay between study in this field and possible careers. Select any table row to learn more about listed career.
Occupation
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Costs
Undergraduate costs
Here's a quick summary of costs to attend Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound. You will find the most up-to-date information at their website for admissions.
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$17,700
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Historic Annual Costs
See how this school's published costs have changed over the years, and how their cost trends compare with other private schools.
Published costs may have little to do with what you actually pay
It's important to remember that a school's published costs may not be indicative of what it will actually cost to attend. Time magazine wrote about this in their article Yes, you can get a college to cut its tuition price. Nonetheless, this inflation-adjusted look at the historic annual costs for tuition, fees, books, and supplies can give you an idea of the costs you might expect in the coming years. Comparing the total costs inclusive of room and board (if applicable) with the annual net price estimates in the previous tab will help you determine the financial aid package to expect.
Private and public universities' charges are difficult to compare due to the in-state and out-of-state price differences of public universities, and therefore we only compare Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound to other private schools within your chosen context group.
Undergraduate tuition, fees, books, and supplies over time
Financial Aid
Financial aid overview
Understanding the rules and process that determine who gets financial aid can be intimidating. Here are some quick links to help:
- Visit Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound's Net Price Calculator for the most accurate estimate of your anticipated costs. Every school publishes a Net Price Calculator that does its best to give you a fair estimate of what you might expect to pay. Many calculators consider your high school record as part of the calculation. This will be far more accurate than any of the averages or published tuition values that you see here.
- FederalStudentAid, a government site that will walk you through the federal financial aid process. There are a number of kinds of student loans and other aid, and this site can walk you through all of the choices you will need to make.
Undergraduate Outcomes
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
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Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound has 40% full-time instructors, and 61% of the context schools have a higher percentage of full-time instructors. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
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Housing
Activities and Services
Programs for Veterans
If you are a veteran, it's worth digging around to find a military-friendly campus. We think this article about how colleges might help veterans might be a good starting point for questions to ask the Admissions office before you choose to attend. It's also good to be aware that many for-profit schools are behaving as predators, hungry for GI Bill dollars. Watching out for those schools is no different for veterans than for all students: judge very critically using our "Student Satisfaction and Success" tab for undergraduate programs. We wish we had the same data to support graduate programs; however, we think the undergraduate data is a good starting point for judging overall quality.
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Student Body
Study Types
All students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
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Online classes
Context: Student body size
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound enrolled 54 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 93% of the context schools.
Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound reports that 27% of students are minority, which is less than 99% of the context schools. This school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound.
Context: Percentage of women
With 77% women students, Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound has a higher percentage of women than 64% of context schools.
Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
Freshman residences
A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.
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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
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School Finances
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?
Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound is a private for-profit school, meaning that its annual goal is to make a profit for its shareholders. The other types of schools are public or not-for-profit, and profit is not a goal.
Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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