Surgical Technology/Technologist
STEM •
Health Professions And Related Programs
What is it about?
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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Colleges
Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
Average public university graduating class: 2 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Average private university graduating class: 16 students.
O's Insights on Surgical Technology/Technologist
- Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 5 years after increasing prior to that.
- 11% of graduates come from public universities.
