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CIP 51.1012 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Sterile Processing Technology/Technician.

A program that prepares individuals to clean, sterilize, and assemble surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies for use in operating rooms and other medical and surgical facilities. Includes instruction in sterilization; infection control; decontamination; and surgical instrumentation processing, distribution, and record-keeping.

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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 Sterile Processing Technology/Technician award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.1012. 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 years24921
2025Associate degree11
2025Certificate under 12 weeks23538
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year601,017
2024Certificate 1–2 years26901
2024Certificate under 12 weeks14266
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year53797
2023Certificate 1–2 years26522
2023Associate degree12
2023Certificate under 12 weeks9180
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year50629
2022Certificate 1–2 years26399
2022Associate degree11
2022Certificate under 12 weeks8127
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year39666
2021Certificate 1–2 years20405
2021Associate degree14
2021Certificate under 12 weeks9138
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year40561
2020Certificate 1–2 years18367
2020Associate degree11
2020Certificate under 12 weeks6118
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year36532

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 51.1012 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

122 institutions

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