College of Allied Health Professions
University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Admissions

Enrollment in the program is limited and competitive. The admissions committee, composed of program faculty, clinical staff, and administration, evaluates the qualifications of each applicant and makes the final selections for admission. College prerequisites, course requirements, and program requirements are subject to change.

Application Deadline

Admit Term Application Opens Application Deadline
Fall (August) September 1 January 6
Application Deadline

Admission Requirements

Accepted students must have completed 77 transferable semester credit hours (116 quarter credit hours) from an accredited college or university, including these specific prerequisite courses.

  • Courses must be completed with a grade of C- or higher (Exceptions to this policy due to COVID-19: Interim Admissions Policy). 
  • Remedial or preparatory coursework is not accepted.
  • Up to 66 semester credit hours from community colleges will be accepted. The remaining semester credit hours must be completed at a four-year institution or accredited health professions program.
  • Coursework can be in progress when you apply but must be completed prior to the start of the program in the fall.
  • We strongly recommend that applicants have completed at least 50 semester credit hours by the application deadline. 
2.75 Cumulative College GPA

  • All college coursework completed at the point of application submission will be used, including repeated courses.
  • For further information on how grade point averages are calculated, see the Application Instructions published by Centralized Application Service (CAS) for the current admissions cycle.
Minimum of 500 hours of direct patient care experience. This can be satisfied 1 of 2 ways:
  • a current health care professional, or
  • a student currently enrolled in a health professions program
Direct patient care experience involves hands-on, face-to-face medical or therapeutic interaction where you are directly responsible for a patient’s care or treatment, including assessing patients, taking and recording vital signs, assisting with medical examinations and treatments, and moving or transporting patients. These experiences typically occur in hospitals or long-term care facilities. Professionals meeting this criterion include, but are not limited to, imaging professionals, nurses and certified nursing assistants, physical therapy assistants, or paramedics.
It is important that applicants demonstrate a strong commitment to pursuing this profession, including evidence of dedication to ongoing professional development. While not required, our program highly recommends completing one or more job shadowing experiences in a sonography department or clinical setting.

Nebraska Medicine/UNMC offers a job shadowing program; for more information, please visit the link.
No standardized test scores (ex: SAT, ACT, GRE, etc.) are required or accepted for consideration for this program’s application.
  • If you have foreign or French-Canadian transcripts see Non-US Coursework, and obtain a course-by-course transcript evaluation for your application.
  • Satisfy the English Proficiency Requirements.
  • This program is approved for students needing an F-1 Visa Sponsorship.

Application to Admission Timeline

Those applying to the UNMC DMS Program should review the following:

Still have questions? Please contact our Enrollment Management & Student Affairs office at cahpadmissions@unmc.edu.