Surgical Technology at Sentara College of Health Sciences

If you plan to study surgical technology, take a look at what Sentara College of Health Sciences has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Sentara College of Health Sciences is located in Chesapeake, Virginia and has a total student population of 341.

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.

Sentara College of Health Sciences Surgical Technology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Surgical Technology/Technologist

Sentara College of Health Sciences Surgical Technology Rankings

Surgical Technology/Technologist Student Demographics at Sentara College of Health Sciences

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

Sentara College of Health Sciences Surgical Technology Associate’s Program

73% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of surgical technology/technologist associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in surgical technology/technologist only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Sentara College of Health Sciences may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

Sentara College of Health Sciences does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in surgical technology/technologist graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist

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 VA, the home state for Sentara College of Health Sciences.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Surgical Technologists	2,240	$50,790

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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