Surgical Technology at Ozarks Technical Community College

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

OTC is located in Springfield, Missouri and approximately 11,237 students attend the school each year.

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.

OTC Surgical Technology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Surgical Technology/Technologist

OTC Surgical Technology Rankings

Surgical Technology/Technologist Student Demographics at OTC

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

OTC Surgical Technology Associate’s Program

80% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of surgical technology/technologist associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in surgical technology/technologist only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at OTC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in surgical technology/technologist at OTC are white. Around 73% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 MO, the home state for Ozarks Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Health Specialties Professors	4,710	$148,840
Surgical Technologists	1,950	$43,070

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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