If you plan on majoring in surgical technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #169 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of surgical technology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 70 degrees in surgical technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of surgical technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Surgical Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The surgical technology/technologist school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Surgical Technology Schools in West Virginia.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Best Schools for Surgical Technology in West Virginia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the surgical technology/technologist degree levels they offer.
Top West Virginia Schools in Surgical Technology/Technologist
West Virginia Northern Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in surgical technology. WVNCC is a small public college located in the small city of Wheeling. This college ranks 21st out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 12 surgical technology students who graduated with this degree at WVNCC in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College if you wish to pursue a degree in surgical technology. Southern is a small public college located in the town of Mount Gay. This college ranks 24th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 10 surgical technology students who graduated with this degree at Southern in the most recent data year.
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in surgical technology. West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a small public university located in the suburb of Parkersburg. A Best Colleges rank of #1876 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 surgical technology students who graduated with this degree at West Virginia University at Parkersburg in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).