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 |
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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 Technical College | 43 | 11% | $12,924 |
21 | Southern Crescent Technical College | 43 | 2% | $5,842 |
22 | Savannah Technical College | 43 | 2% | $4,044 |
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 | New England Institute of Technology | 37 | 3% | $47,792 |
30 | John C Calhoun State Community College | 37 | 2% | $6,320 |
31 | American College of Healthcare and Technology | 37 | 20% | N/A |
32 | Tulsa Technology Center | 37 | 2% | N/A |
33 | Collin County Community College District | 36 | 1% | $3,004 |
34 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus | 36 | 1% | $7,520 |
35 | Nashville State Community College | 36 | 3% | $5,703 |
36 | Midwestern Career College | 36 | 21% | N/A |
37 | South Plains College | 35 | 2% | $11,935 |
38 | Bunker Hill Community College | 35 | 2% | $6,564 |
39 | Ogeechee Technical College | 35 | 2% | $3,600 |
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 | Concorde Career College-San Diego | 32 | 8% | N/A |
44 | Carrington College-San Jose | 32 | 7% | N/A |
45 | Baptist Health College Little Rock | 32 | 8% | $13,689 |
46 | Southeastern College-West Palm Beach | 32 | 10% | $21,819 |
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 | Salt Lake Community College | 31 | 1% | $4,743 |
51 | Eastwick College-Ramsey | 31 | 11% | $17,150 |
52 | Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie | 31 | 6% | N/A |
53 | Austin Community College District | 30 | 1% | $3,750 |
54 | Parkland College | 30 | 2% | $6,120 |
55 | Ozarks Technical Community College | 30 | 1% | $4,192 |
56 | Central Ohio Technical College | 30 | 5% | $5,856 |
57 | American Career College-Anaheim | 30 | 5% | N/A |
58 | Concorde Career College-San Antonio | 30 | 6% | N/A |
59 | Anoka Technical College | 29 | 4% | $6,784 |
60 | East Valley Institute of Technology | 29 | 20% | N/A |
61 | Carrington College-Citrus Heights | 29 | 12% | N/A |
62 | College of Western Idaho | 29 | 2% | $3,960 |
63 | Contra Costa Medical Career College | 29 | 6% | N/A |
64 | Houston Community College | 28 | 0% | $3,882 |
65 | Pittsburgh Career Institute | 28 | 22% | $27,800 |
66 | Skyline College | 28 | 2% | $3,378 |
67 | Rasmussen College-Minnesota | 28 | 2% | $11,115 |
68 | Augusta Technical College | 28 | 1% | $4,794 |
69 | Georgia Northwestern Technical College | 28 | 1% | $4,298 |
70 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville | 28 | 3% | N/A |
71 | Davis Technical College | 28 | 2% | N/A |
72 | Concorde Career College-Dallas | 28 | 6% | N/A |
73 | Florida State College at Jacksonville | 27 | 0% | $14,589 |
74 | Renton Technical College | 27 | 3% | $6,336 |
75 | Delta College | 27 | 2% | $5,778 |
76 | San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia | 27 | 1% | $16,606 |
77 | Herzing University-Kenner | 27 | 20% | $14,000 |
78 | The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio | 26 | 10% | N/A |
79 | Guilford Technical Community College | 25 | 1% | $3,709 |
80 | Trocaire College | 25 | 5% | $18,650 |
81 | Nassau Community College | 25 | 1% | $7,680 |
82 | Arkansas State University-Newport | 25 | 2% | $3,290 |
83 | Erwin Technical College | 25 | 3% | $3,804 |
84 | Hutchinson Community College | 24 | 2% | $14,604 |
85 | Gadsden State Community College | 24 | 2% | $11,265 |
86 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 23 | 0% | $22,208 |
87 | University of Cincinnati-Clermont College | 23 | 5% | $6,516 |
88 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | 23 | 1% | $5,404 |
89 | Niagara County Community College | 23 | 2% | $6,423 |
90 | Columbus Technical College | 22 | 2% | $4,551 |
91 | Rochester Community and Technical College | 22 | 2% | $7,239 |
92 | Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City | 22 | 1% | $4,720 |
93 | Lansing Community College | 22 | 1% | $4,330 |
94 | Fayetteville Technical Community College | 22 | 1% | $3,964 |
95 | Holmes Community College | 22 | 1% | $11,260 |
96 | Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology | 22 | 1% | $7,104 |
97 | EHOVE Career Center | 22 | 8% | N/A |
98 | Concorde Career College-Portland | 22 | 5% | N/A |
99 | Coastal Pines Technical College | 22 | 2% | $3,298 |
100 | Northwest Technical Institute | 21 | 14% | $3,826 |
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.