Surgical Technology at The University of Montana

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

UM is located in Missoula, Montana and approximately 9,808 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.

UM Surgical Technology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Surgical Technology/Technologist

UM Surgical Technology Rankings

Surgical Technology/Technologist Student Demographics at UM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the surgical technology/technologist majors at The University of Montana.

UM Surgical Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of surgical technology/technologist associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in surgical technology/technologist at UM are white. Around 78% 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 The University of Montana with a associate's in surgical technology/technologist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Respiratory Care Therapy
• Radiologic Technology

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 MT, the home state for The University of Montana.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Surgical Technologists	430	$49,440

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.