A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and surgical nurses, to maintain, monitor, and enforce the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Includes instruction in instrument and equipment sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring, maintenance of hemostasis, and patient and team scrubbing.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting | 346 | 100% | N/A |
| 2 | Madisonville Community College | 121 | 9% | $5,248 |
| 3 | Ivy Tech Community College | 117 | 0% | $5,788 |
| 4 | Baker College | 102 | 3% | $21,000 |
| 5 | San Jacinto Community College | 97 | 1% | $3,114 |
| 6 | Gwinnett Technical College | 70 | 2% | $4,722 |
| 7 | Wayne County Community College District | 69 | 4% | $4,346 |
| 8 | Glendale Career College | 66 | 32% | $15,049 |
| 9 | EDIC College | 66 | 9% | $7,325 |
| 10 | Antilles School of Technical Careers | 55 | 26% | $8,944 |
| 11 | Berkeley College-Woodland Park | 53 | 4% | $25,900 |
| 12 | Macomb Community College | 51 | 2% | $5,015 |
| 13 | American Career College-Los Angeles | 51 | 7% | N/A |
| 14 | Concorde Career College-Memphis | 49 | 6% | N/A |
| 15 | Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences | 47 | 17% | $23,525 |
| 16 | American Career College-Ontario | 47 | 6% | N/A |
| 17 | Mandl School-The College of Allied Health | 46 | 20% | $15,270 |
| 18 | Tyler Junior College | 45 | 2% | $16,764 |
| 19 | College of DuPage | 45 | 1% | $5,464 |
| 20 | Southern Crescent Technical College | 43 | 2% | $5,842 |
| 21 | Savannah Technical College | 43 | 2% | $4,044 |
| 22 | Southern Technical College | 43 | 11% | $12,924 |
| 23 | Northeast Wisconsin Technical College | 42 | 1% | $6,439 |
| 24 | Brookline College-Tempe | 42 | 25% | N/A |
| 25 | Amarillo College | 41 | 2% | $3,826 |
| 26 | CBD College | 41 | 13% | N/A |
| 27 | Community Care College | 40 | 11% | N/A |
| 28 | Pittsburgh Technical College | 37 | 5% | $33,683 |
| 29 | Tulsa Technology Center | 37 | 2% | N/A |
| 30 | John C Calhoun State Community College | 37 | 2% | $6,320 |
| 31 | American College of Healthcare and Technology | 37 | 20% | N/A |
| 32 | New England Institute of Technology | 37 | 3% | $47,792 |
| 33 | Midwestern Career College | 36 | 21% | N/A |
| 34 | Collin County Community College District | 36 | 1% | $3,004 |
| 35 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus | 36 | 1% | $7,520 |
| 36 | Nashville State Community College | 36 | 3% | $5,703 |
| 37 | Ogeechee Technical College | 35 | 2% | $3,600 |
| 38 | South Plains College | 35 | 2% | $11,935 |
| 39 | Bunker Hill Community College | 35 | 2% | $6,564 |
| 40 | Kirkwood Community College | 34 | 1% | $7,332 |
| 41 | Premiere Career College | 34 | 16% | N/A |
| 42 | Columbus State Community College | 33 | 1% | $5,813 |
| 43 | Baptist Health College Little Rock | 32 | 8% | $13,689 |
| 44 | Southeastern College-West Palm Beach | 32 | 10% | $21,819 |
| 45 | Concorde Career College-San Diego | 32 | 8% | N/A |
| 46 | Carrington College-San Jose | 32 | 7% | N/A |
| 47 | Concorde Career College-North Hollywood | 32 | 9% | N/A |
| 48 | Central New Mexico Community College | 31 | 0% | $3,066 |
| 49 | Gulf Coast State College | 31 | 3% | $3,405 |
| 50 | Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie | 31 | 6% | N/A |
| 51 | Salt Lake Community College | 31 | 1% | $4,743 |
| 52 | Eastwick College-Ramsey | 31 | 11% | $17,150 |
| 53 | Austin Community College District | 30 | 1% | $3,750 |
| 54 | Ozarks Technical Community College | 30 | 1% | $4,192 |
| 55 | Parkland College | 30 | 2% | $6,120 |
| 56 | Concorde Career College-San Antonio | 30 | 6% | N/A |
| 57 | Central Ohio Technical College | 30 | 5% | $5,856 |
| 58 | American Career College-Anaheim | 30 | 5% | N/A |
| 59 | College of Western Idaho | 29 | 2% | $3,960 |
| 60 | East Valley Institute of Technology | 29 | 20% | N/A |
| 61 | Carrington College-Citrus Heights | 29 | 12% | N/A |
| 62 | Contra Costa Medical Career College | 29 | 6% | N/A |
| 63 | Anoka Technical College | 29 | 4% | $6,784 |
| 64 | Pittsburgh Career Institute | 28 | 22% | $27,800 |
| 65 | Concorde Career College-Dallas | 28 | 6% | N/A |
| 66 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville | 28 | 3% | N/A |
| 67 | Davis Technical College | 28 | 2% | N/A |
| 68 | Skyline College | 28 | 2% | $3,378 |
| 69 | Rasmussen College-Minnesota | 28 | 2% | $11,115 |
| 70 | Augusta Technical College | 28 | 1% | $4,794 |
| 71 | Houston Community College | 28 | 0% | $3,882 |
| 72 | Georgia Northwestern Technical College | 28 | 1% | $4,298 |
| 73 | Delta College | 27 | 2% | $5,778 |
| 74 | San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia | 27 | 1% | $16,606 |
| 75 | Renton Technical College | 27 | 3% | $6,336 |
| 76 | Florida State College at Jacksonville | 27 | 0% | $14,589 |
| 77 | Herzing University-Kenner | 27 | 20% | $14,000 |
| 78 | The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio | 26 | 10% | N/A |
| 79 | Arkansas State University-Newport | 25 | 2% | $3,290 |
| 80 | Guilford Technical Community College | 25 | 1% | $3,709 |
| 81 | Trocaire College | 25 | 5% | $18,650 |
| 82 | Nassau Community College | 25 | 1% | $7,680 |
| 83 | Erwin Technical College | 25 | 3% | $3,804 |
| 84 | Gadsden State Community College | 24 | 2% | $11,265 |
| 85 | Hutchinson Community College | 24 | 2% | $14,604 |
| 86 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 23 | 0% | $22,208 |
| 87 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | 23 | 1% | $5,404 |
| 88 | Niagara County Community College | 23 | 2% | $6,423 |
| 89 | University of Cincinnati-Clermont College | 23 | 5% | $6,516 |
| 90 | Rochester Community and Technical College | 22 | 2% | $7,239 |
| 91 | Columbus Technical College | 22 | 2% | $4,551 |
| 92 | Holmes Community College | 22 | 1% | $11,260 |
| 93 | Coastal Pines Technical College | 22 | 2% | $3,298 |
| 94 | EHOVE Career Center | 22 | 8% | N/A |
| 95 | Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology | 22 | 1% | $7,104 |
| 96 | Lansing Community College | 22 | 1% | $4,330 |
| 97 | Concorde Career College-Portland | 22 | 5% | N/A |
| 98 | Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City | 22 | 1% | $4,720 |
| 99 | Fayetteville Technical Community College | 22 | 1% | $3,964 |
| 100 | Northwest Mississippi Community College | 21 | 1% | $9,420 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Surgical Technology/Technologist program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.