Surgical Technology at Durham Technical Community College

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

Durham Technical Community College is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 4,672.

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.

Durham Technical Community College Surgical Technology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Surgical Technology/Technologist

Durham Technical Community College Surgical Technology Rankings

Surgical Technology/Technologist Student Demographics at Durham Technical Community College

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

Durham Technical Community College Surgical Technology Associate’s Program

83% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of surgical technology/technologist associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in surgical technology/technologist only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Durham Technical Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

Durham Technical Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in surgical technology/technologist graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Respiratory Care Therapy

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 NC, the home state for Durham Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Surgical Technologists	3,500	$43,940

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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