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CIP 51.0909 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Surgical Technology/Technologist.

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and surgical nurses, to maintain, monitor, and enforce the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Includes instruction in instrument and equipment sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring, maintenance of hemostasis, and patient and team scrubbing.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Surgical Technology/Technologist award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.0909. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years731,057
2025Associate degree3966,385
2025Certificate 2–4 years238
2025Bachelor degree213
2025Certificate under 12 weeks120
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year311,001
2024Certificate 1–2 years821,082
2024Associate degree3825,465
2024Certificate 2–4 years662
2024Bachelor degree225
2024Certificate under 12 weeks129
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year27963
2023Certificate 1–2 years1051,234
2023Associate degree3564,981
2023Certificate 2–4 years8165
2023Bachelor degree118
2023Certificate under 12 weeks129
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year301,006
2022Certificate 1–2 years1501,772
2022Associate degree3444,586
2022Certificate 2–4 years8132
2022Bachelor degree118
2022Certificate under 12 weeks13
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year25892
2021Certificate 1–2 years1882,300
2021Associate degree3064,193
2021Certificate 2–4 years8154
2021Bachelor degree114
2021Certificate under 12 weeks122
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year28902
2020Certificate 1–2 years2012,505
2020Associate degree2953,664
2020Certificate 2–4 years8178
2020Bachelor degree213
2020Certificate under 12 weeks216
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year33757

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 51.0909 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

526 institutions

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