2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in Arizona

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arizona, there were 133 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 73 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,456 and $20,530 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona associate degree surgical technology/technologist students.

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in Arizona

1

Brookline College - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brookline College - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this small private for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified associates’s surgical technology/technologist students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Surgical Technology at Brookline College - Tempe

2

Pima Medical Institute - Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Medical Institute - Phoenix. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona list. Pima Medical Institute - Phoenix is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 34 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Surgical Technology at PMI Phoenix

3

GateWay Community College
Phoenix, Arizona

#9 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend GateWay Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona. GateWay Community College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees to qualified students.

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4

Mohave Community College
Kingman, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Mohave Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mohave Community College is a small public school situated in Kingman, Arizona. It awarded 7 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Surgical Technology at MCC

5

Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northland Pioneer College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Holbrook, Arizona, and it awarded 0 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

Carrington College, Phoenix North
Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carrington College, Phoenix North. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this small private for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s surgical technology/technologist students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Surgical Technology at Carrington College, Phoenix North

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Brookline College - Tucson
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Brookline College - Tucson landed the #5 spot on the list. Brookline College - Tucson is a small private for-profit school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

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