Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Important Program Application Information:

NEW (2025) Program Admission Requirements Below-

The ATI TEAS is an admission requirement for the Polk State Associate in Science (AS) in Sonography. This is true even if the student already has a prior degree. Click here for more information.

Please read the below letter before completing and submitting your application:
DMS Application Letter

The application window for admission is August 1–31. The link to the online application will be available on this page beginning August. Applications will NOT be accepted until all six (6) prerequisite courses have been completed with a “C” or better.  Please review the application checklist with an academic advisor before submitting the final application. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the sonography program director.

Click on the instructions link located at the bottom of the page to set up your Etrieve account (Polk State College’s electronic document system).

Welcome to the diagnostic medical sonography program at Polk State College. Sonography (also known as ultrasound) is a specific imaging modality that utilizes specially designed equipment to direct high-frequency sound waves into areas of a patient’s body. Sonographers are highly trained professionals responsible for operating the equipment that collects these images for interpretation and diagnosis by a physician.

The diagnostic medical sonography program is located at Polk State’s Airside Center in Lakeland. Classes and clinical assignments are scheduled Monday through Friday.

The diagnostic medical sonography program at Polk State College, upon recommendation of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS), is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), 9355 113th Street N., #7709, Seminole, FL., 33775, 727.210.2350, caahep.org.

  1. Instructions for Online Application in Etrieve

      1. Before you can apply you must have activated your Polk State College student email (my.zo23.com). Go to http://outlook.com/my.zo23.com. The default password is your Polk student ID.
      2. Using Chrome or some browser other than Internet Explorer, go to the “apply here” link on the sonography main web page. This link will take you to the login page for Etrieve, which is Polk State’s electronic document system.
      3. On the Etrieve login page, your user name is the first part of your Polk student email. For example, a Polk email of marysmith22@my.zo23.com would have a user name of marysmith22.
      4. Unless you recently established an Etrieve account and remember your password, click on the “forgot password” link and enter your my.zo23.com email address. An email will be sent to this address providing you an initial password. Check your junk email if you don’t receive the message and add etrieve@zo23.com to your safe sender list if necessary.
      5. Once you have received the initial password, go back to the Etrieve login and sign-in with the user name as noted in Step 3 and the provided password. Once logged into Etrieve, change your password.
      6. In the Etrieve system, click on “Forms” and look for the sonography application.
      7. Complete all parts of the application, attach any required documentation requested, and submit the form. Do not submit any other documents.
      8. Do not contact the Registrar’s Office or the Sonography Department to see if your application was received. You can go back into the Etrieve system at any time and under History, you can see that you submitted the application. It will say “pending” until it is processed.  When the application is processed, the pending will change to Approved. Please note that this “approved” is simply a notation that your application has been processed.  It is neither a note of completeness and acceptance of your application nor a note of acceptance for admission.