2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in South Carolina

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In 2020-2021, 7,583 people earned their degree in surgical technology/technologist, making the major the 169th most popular in the United States.

Across South Carolina, there were 139 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,384 and $21,243 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in surgical technology/technologist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their surgical technology/technologist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in South Carolina”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in South Carolina

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Miller-Motte College Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Miller-Motte College Charleston landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 17 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

Full MMC Charleston Surgical Technology Report

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York Technical College
Rock Hill, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in South Carolina list. York Technical College is a public institution located in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Tri-County Technical College
Pendleton, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tri-County Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in South Carolina. Located in Pendleton, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s surgical technology/technologist students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.