Please, DO NOT give your money or your time to the Charter College AAS-DMS degree, Associates in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. I am a June 2025 graduate of the first class, cohort 1, in Oxnard, California. This program, based on my experience, is educationally inadequate, clinically deficient, and does not properly prepare students to graduate as qualified, competent, skilled, employable, sonographers/ultrasound techs. Sadly, my experience included the following: NOT having consistency in teaching due to the revolving door of management and instructors that quit or got fired, combined with a lack of required, critical, hands-on scanning time in the lab. Sonography/Ultrasound is the only radiology modality that is 100% DEPENDENT ON A SOLID ANATOMY FOUNDATION COMBINED WITH HANDS ON SCANNING SKILL OF THE SONOGRAPHER. NOT having established clinical sites or sites that wanted to help grow students' skills on real patients. My personal experience is that I was sent to a clinical site that never let me touch a patient. I immediately told the program manager, clinical coordinator, all instructors, and everyone that would listen this clinical site was never going to let me scan. The gaslighting I experienced from Charter was unbelievable. I was repeatedly told, "watching someone scan is just as good as hands on scanning." That is not true! So, I spent two months at that clinical site losing my limited skills all because I was a top student in the class and a good scanner rewarded for all my hard-work by being ignored by Charter College and not being allowed to scan in clinical. I have never recovered due to the limited scanning time offered in the program. Charter still doesn't have enough qualified, contracted clinical sites with hands on scan time; All of which is required for accreditation, graduation, and national registries and is not disclosed to students. NOT providing enough ultrasound machines for a 2 student to 1 machine ratio for maximum hands-on scanning time or fixing broken machine(s) quickly or at all. When you are told that there are hundreds of hours offered in scanning labs that is a general number. It is not the actual hands-on scan time that you will get. NOT providing enough weekly scanning labs for required hands on training and muscle memory creation to be successful in the field. We had 26 minutes per student, per week, and Cohort 2 only had 10 minutes per student, per scanning lab!!! NOT offering daily, guaranteed, open scan labs for after hours practice desperately needed to keep practicing due to the lack of scanning time provided by this accelerated program and lack of machines. NOT offering an official post graduation open lab scanning program. Other schools provide open scanning labs seven days a week and some schools offer open labs 24 hours a day/7 days a week to accommodate students diverse schedules. NOT having consistency in the hands-on scanning due to the revolving door of instructors and management that quit or were fired. No instructor ever knew what the previous one had taught or not taught us. NOT having real job placement help as promised. Online job search sites will provide you much better job information. NOT having a good reputation in the medical and ultrasound community which translates to not having the required clinical sites for students or sites that have no interest in properly training us in the real world before graduation. This message is a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT to help protect current and future students that come behind me based on my experience of: spending almost $40,000 on a subpar education, wasting 17 months in school plus 3 months in a post-graduation, out of state externship, at my own expense, having to teach myself the information during school due to the deficient materials and/or instructors, not being provided a good educational foundation to pass the required national registry tests, not being qualified in my scanning skills or anatomy, and competing against qualified graduates from other schools in a completely saturated job market with very limited jobs. Ultrasound/sonography departments are small. My opinion is RUN! I wish I had because I'm unemployable and have almost $40,000 in school loans that cost me $600 a month. If I can help please email at: divaarizona@gmail.com read more

I just graduated from their Rad Tech program. I can only speak for that program. I have heard from multiple people that the sonography program has been a hot mess, but I would strongly recommend the Rad Tech program with two HUGE and I mean HUGE caveats. The program is about 5% teaching and 95% memorization and practice. And you do in 12 months what you have two or three years to do at a traditional college. Traditionaly you do the pre-reqs, then apply, then if you get in, the program, it's a snails pace and two years to learn everything. Charter is 12 months, no days missed and no holidays. Second, the local hospitals are totally saturated with SLCC and Weber students if you are in Utah. So you have to be willing to travel out of state now or arrange your own clinical through a local connection. Is it a scam, nope. But it is going to be one of the hardest things you ever do if you attempt it. The only reason I don't give it five stars is because admissions didn't give me even close to any idea of just how much work it takes to succeed. And secondly, as much as I loved the teachers there, I felt like they were forced to make homework which was just a hurdle while I was trying to get the lame assignments out of the way so I could actually study and prepare the skills that we needed. read more

Be very careful before enrolling in Charter College's DMS program in Oxnard. What was promised during admissions did not match reality. There were too many students, not enough machines or clinical placements, and very limited hands-on experience. I had to push myself to extremes just to gain minimal exposure. The program did not prepare me for ARDMS certification, and I've had to spend additional money trying to catch up on my own. Do your research on accreditation and clinical training before committing. read more

I attended the sonography program at Charter College, and unfortunately I would not recommend it. One of the biggest issues was the constant turnover of instructors. Many teachers either resigned or were let go, which interrupted the consistency of learning for students. When instructors change frequently, it becomes difficult to receive clear and structured education. Another concern is that the program often relies on the same lectures without going deeper into the material students actually need to understand. Hands-on scanning practice is also very limited. We rarely had enough time to properly practice scanning, which is one of the most important parts of learning ultrasound. Students were often left to figure things out on their own instead of being properly guided through scanning techniques and anatomy. The instructors themselves often seemed overwhelmed due to the number of students they were responsible for teaching and training. It felt like the program was not well organized or adequately supported to properly train future sonographers. Externships were also difficult. Students are sometimes placed at locations that are very far away, and it didn't feel like the school worked closely with students to find reasonable placements or support students through the process. Overall, I believe the program needs better structure, more consistent instructors, more hands-on scanning time, and stronger training to truly prepare students for the field. Sonography is a complex medical profession, and students deserve the proper support and education before entering the workforce. read more

I missed my appointment and messaged to reschedule and got no response. Went to my 2nd meeting after calling the front desk and rescheduling. They told me "systems were down" when I asked to see program information and when leaving they told me they would immediately email me program information and never did. I also don't like that most people can't get their clinical hours to finish the program and yet they're still taking more students. They said clinical hours are "out of their hands" but they're still recruiting new students to be trapped behind the rest waiting on clinical. Very unprofessional and stressful from lack of communication. read more

This college was an incredible let down, not only do I feel I waisted my money, but more importantly my time. I already hold a BA from a State University and have been to a couple J.C.s so I know how educational programs are supposed to work and they missed the mark here by a long shot. The DMS Program lacks more than I can say compared to other schools and I was filled with false information from the admissions staff when enrolling, Drew was a great salesman! I have learned more through Prepry preparing for the registries in a month then the 18 months of this program, and I graduated with honors, a 4.0. The only good thing I can say is I did have a couple of really great instructors and the internship was awesome, not that the school had much to do with that, unable to make placements on time of course. So in the end thanks for the large debt and waist of time Charter College. read more

Teachers are always rotating, as a student there wasn't a steady stream of support since staff changed so much! Also extremely expensive for what you get. It's a short program that shouldn't be this expensive read more

This review is long overdue, and I truly wish I had seen an honest Yelp review before making my decision, so I'm writing this to warn others. The ultrasound program at Charter College makes many empty promises, and one of the biggest issues is that they do not have consistent or reliable clinical sites. Hands on training is extremely limited, which is a serious problem for a program like ultrasound where experience is critical. Many of the good instructors did not stay long, there was a lot of turnover, and the overall quality of teaching suffered. Students were not properly prepared, and that becomes very clear when it comes time to look for a job. I am currently trying to get hired, and several places have been very honest with me, saying they have heard negative things about Charter College and do not want to take students from there because they know the training is weak, and unfortunately, they are not wrong. There was not enough scanning time or real hands-on experience. To my knowledge, almost no one has gotten a job. I only heard of one person who did, and that was because they already had personal connections, which is great for them but not the reality for most students. If I could do it over, I would go to a more reputable college, especially in Los Angeles, because there are better programs out there. Save your money, do your research, and make sure everything a school promises is in writing and not just verbal. Also, they do not help you find a job. They just send you random job posting Plus, I don't think they will help you find a job anyways because they did not even find most of us clinical sites and that's working for free. I am so bummed I spent so much of my time and money. read more

My daughter was all set up to start the DMS program in Reno on 12/29/25. We had our last financial aid meeting on 11/24/25 where we set up deposit arrangements. THE VERY NEXT MORNING, she gets am email stating the DMS program is indefinitely paused. For the last several months they have been pressuring her to get this shot and that vaccine and order these transcripts all to then rip the rug right out from under her. As an additional punch to the gut, they offered to have her enroll in their Respiratory Therapy program instead which starts in May. We will never recommend Charter College to anyone and I hope someone investigates their accreditation. read more

This school sucks , don't get much help from anymore. Teachers change so often and also staff. Really expensive just save your money & time go to cc. My whole medical assisting program was 15k , couldn't pass the state exam and now they don't even bother reaching out, but if they see your interested they will not stop calling you. read more

This school has great teachers and programs. They help with real-world experience and provide help in placing people with work after graduating. read more

I love this place and Ms.Starr is the best instructor you can feel the passion and joy when she teaches. read more

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Paid over $20,000 nothing to show for they promise to help you get a job don't count on it.

This school, is great they care about you and your education! And they have the best teachers and training!

This school is such a scam. They'll give you a whole speech about how the 23k invested will pay itself off with a high paying job, which it won't. They will fall back on their word and everything is just bullshit. Don't believe their lies or fall into it! If you're thinking about attending, your local community college probably offers the same thing they do for 1/10 of the cost and with more options for financial assistance. Biggest waste of my life going to this school. read more

Charter College offers phenomenal vocational programs that can be taken on campus and online such as dental, veterinary and medical. They have a great campus president and Career Services department that make the Charter experience great because I was able to complete my program on time and was able to get connected with employers in my community that hired me shortly after I graduated. Thank you Charter. read more

This a good college , the staff and the professor are friendly ! They help you out with your education and be ready for externship

Do not go to Charter College in Oxnard!!!!! Unless you're ready to throw away a minimum of $20,000. This is a for-profit school the only thing they care about is taking your money. I was in the HIIT program and was told they would proctor a test so that we would be certified however they cannot proctor this test at all. You cannot even take this test to unless you've been in medical records for 10 years. So they are a scam they don't care about you or your education all they care about is making that quota so that they can make money off your back. You can get the same training for medical coding and billing at the adult school and Ventura for about $6000. Do not go to this school. I have filed with the department of education, I have filed a complaint against him with the Better Business Bureau, I wrote to the CEO who doesn't give two shits about anybody and I got no response. This is a moneymaking machine do not go to the school do not let your children your friends your family go to the school the only thing they do is take your money there is no job placement they lie to you from the time you walk in the door until the time you leave. #StayAwayFromCharterCollege read more

Made an inquiry back when I was in high school(years ago) and they wont stop calling!!

Charter College is an amazing place to work. It's been so many changes since the new Campus President came aboard. We have a lot of new trained staff and a lot of tenured staff as well. read more

Charter college is the best way! I enrolled in the CBOA program Feb 2018, and today, I am 10 weeks away from completing my associate's degree. Charter college is flexible and worked with my chaotic schedule. Charter made it possible for me. They work to get you to work, as long as you're willing to work for it! read more

One of the worst experiences for an expensive college . First of all let me start of by saying this school does not care about you only your money second of all you do not need a certification for any of these programs so don't waste your money and just get training at a job site. Also side note they offered free tickets for a raffle and one of the ways to get tickets was by giving a good review on the school. Ridiculous. read more

Loved this school all my instructors were always there to help if i needed extra help with lab got a job before i even graduated and still working there i recommended it to my sister in law and she is now attending and she as well loves it here. read more

I signed up for Yelp just to write this review. I'm going to keep it short: DO NOT GIVE CHARTER COLLEGE YOUR PHONE NUMBER!! They call me every week even though I've told them nicely that I am no longer interested in pursing a program I once inquired about. It's been 6 months, I can't even block the number because they block their number to call me... read more