Surgical Technologist Program

A surgical technologist program at Midwestern Career College 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 Illinois colleges that offer surgical technologist program.

Midwestern Career College

5210 Trillium Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL

Midwestern Career College operates as a two-year private institution dedicated to offering a sound education for students located in and around Chicago. Over the past several years Midwestern Career College granted degrees to more than 290 students with a graduation rate of more than 73%. Midwestern Career College has listed at least twenty different programs available. The more popular enrolled programs are shown below:

• Medical Assistant
• Electrocardiograph Technology
• Medical Insurance Coding
• Nursing Assistant

To help support students, Midwestern Career College may offer student services including:

• Classes offered on nights and weekends
• Academic counseling for students
• Work study style employment
• Assisting students to find work

This school has been accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees since 2008. Please visit mccollege.edu for more information on programs offered and consumer disclosures.

Students Enrolled in the Surgical Technologist Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Midwestern Career College has offered the following program levels for students:

• Less Than Two-Year Award
• Associate's Degree

Students by Academic Level (2019)

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

• Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 1
  • Average Hourly Rate: $22.76
  • Average Annual Salary: $47340
• Gary, IN Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 320
  • Average Hourly Rate: $20.47
  • Average Annual Salary: $42580
• Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division
  • Total Employment: 210
  • Average Hourly Rate: $22.52
  • Average Annual Salary: $46840

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