Missouri City, TX (population: 77,622) has six diagnostic medical sonography schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. The College of Health Care Professions, the highest ranked school in this group with a diagnostic medical sonography program, has a total student population of 810. It is the 941st highest ranked school in the USA and the 41st highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Diagnostic Medical Sonography students from Missouri City schools who go on to become diagnostic medical sonographers, sonographers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 51,630 people working as diagnostic medical sonographers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $63,640.
Missouri City lies in Fort Bend county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area has 2,563,840 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $21.58/hr average worker wage, and a $44,880 average annual salary.
Of the 6 diagnostic medical sonography schools with a 100-mile radius of Missouri City, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Sanford-Brown College comes out as the most expensive ($27,211/yr) for diagnostic medical sonography students, with Lone Star College System as the lowest, reported at only $4,793/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Missouri City |
Pearland | TX | 94,215 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.7 miles |
Houston | TX | 2,307,883 | 63 | 23.3749 | 939 | 16.5 miles |
South Houston | TX | - | 1 | 23.7623 | 5 | 19.4 miles |
Pasadena | TX | 148,101 | 8 | 24.6579 | 264 | 24.3 miles |
League City | TX | 78,312 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.5 miles |
Baytown | TX | 71,405 | 1 | 12.8813 | 98 | 36.5 miles |
Texas City | TX | 44,907 | 1 | 8.31197 | 63 | 36.6 miles |
The Woodlands | TX | 101,065 | 1 | 14.626 | 77 | 40.9 miles |
Prairie View | TX | - | 1 | 50.8259 | 82 | 45.1 miles |
Galveston | TX | 57,154 | 3 | 22.3727 | 45 | 47.8 miles |
Conroe | TX | 61,600 | 0 | - | 0 | 52.0 miles |
College Station | TX | 90,406 | 1 | 0.218495 | 0 | 84.9 miles |
Bryan | TX | 73,832 | 2 | 27.1681 | 5 | 90.9 miles |
Beaumont | TX | 110,900 | 4 | 27.5152 | 152 | 91.4 miles |