Surgical Technology at Wayne County Community College District

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

WCCCD is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 10,748.

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.

WCCCD Surgical Technology Degrees Available

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

WCCCD Surgical Technology Rankings

Surgical Technology/Technologist Student Demographics at WCCCD

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

WCCCD Surgical Technology Associate’s Program

76% Women

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of surgical technology/technologist associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in surgical technology/technologist only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at WCCCD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

WCCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in surgical technology/technologist graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MI, the home state for Wayne County Community College District.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Surgical Technologists	4,240	$43,280

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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