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Surgical Technology at Elgin Community College

If you are interested in studying surgical technology/technologist, you may want to check out the program at Elgin Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ECC is located in Elgin, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,882. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 32 students received their associate's degree in surgical technology/technologist.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Surgical Technology section at the bottom of this page.

ECC Surgical Technology Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Surgical Technology/Technologist (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in Surgical Technology/Technologist (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Surgical Technology/Technologist

ECC Surgical Technology Rankings

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Surgical Technology/Technologist Student Demographics at ECC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the surgical technology/technologist majors at Elgin Community College.

ECC Surgical Technology Associate’s Program

88% Women

66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of surgical technology/technologist associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

ECC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in surgical technology/technologist graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Elgin Community College with a associate's in surgical technology/technologist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Surgical Technology/Technologist Grads May Go Into

A degree in surgical technology/technologist can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Elgin Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Surgical Technologists	3,270	$49,730

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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