Surgical Technologist Program

A surgical technologist program at Berkeley College – Woodland Park prepares students for careers as part of a surgical team in hospitals and surgical centers. The program focuses on maintaining, monitoring, and enforcing the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Program courses includes: instrument and equipment sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring, maintenance of homeostasis, and patient and team scrubbing. Get more details below including other New Jersey colleges that offer surgical technologist program.

Berkeley College – Woodland Park

Also known as Berkeley College

400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ

Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a private school dedicated to offering a practical education for students located in and around Woodland Park. Students may choose from many areas of study, including:

• Business and Marketing Studies
• Security and Protective Services
• Visual and Performing Arts
• Legal Professions and Studies

Over two thousand students have attended and completed their schooling in the last few years based on published information with a graduation rate of more than 38%. Over ten different programs are offered at Berkeley College Woodland Park campus, and it awards degrees up to a Bachelor's degree. Some of the more popular programs being offered:

• Business Administration
• Accounting
• Fashion Merchandising
• Law and Justice Administration
• Police Science

To help students and alumni succeed, Berkeley College - Woodland Park may provide support services like those listed below:

• Online classes
• Night and weekend classes available
• Remedial courses
• Counseling assistance
• Employing students to lower education costs
• Assisting students to find work

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has accredited the program courses of Berkeley College - Woodland Park for over a year. To see more and get consumer disclosures, you can visit berkeleycollege.edu.

Students Enrolled in the Surgical Technologist Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Berkeley College offers an associate's degree program in surgical technologist.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

Surgical Technologists

Description

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, surgical technologists employment is expected to grow at a rate of 14.8% from 2014 to 2024

Salary & Wages

• Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 550
  • Average Hourly Rate: $26.83
  • Average Annual Salary: $55800
• Newark, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 480
  • Average Hourly Rate: $23.63
  • Average Annual Salary: $49160

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).