2025 Best Surgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in Missouri

Surgical Technology is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #36 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Surgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 associate degrees in surgical technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Surgical Technology School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of surgical technology for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality surgical technology/technologist program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to surgical technology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of surgical technology students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized surgical technology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for surgical technology students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Surgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Surgical Technology in Missouri

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in surgical technology.

Top Missouri Schools for an Associate in Surgical Technology/Technologist

1

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in surgical technology. Located in the city of Kansas City, MCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in surgical technology from Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

2

Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Saint Louis Community College is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in surgical technology. Saint Louis Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Bridgeton.More information about a associate in surgical technology from Saint Louis Community College

3

Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Ozarks Technical Community College is a good choice for individuals interested in an associate degree in surgical technology. OTC is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Springfield.More information about a associate in surgical technology from Ozarks Technical Community College

4

Concorde Career Colleges
Kansas City, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Concorde Career Colleges if you wish to pursue an associate degree in surgical technology. Concorde Career Colleges is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the city of Kansas City.More information about a associate in surgical technology from Concorde Career Colleges

Best Surgical Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Surgical Technology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	299	151
Kansas	275	66
Iowa	200	53
Nebraska	163	51
South Dakota	148	41
North Dakota	144	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Surgical Technology/Technologist

One of 23 majors within the Allied Health Professions area of study, Surgical Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Surgical Technology/Technologist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Radiologic Technology	115
Respiratory Care Therapy	96
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	47
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	38
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	29
Athletic Training	11
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	7
Hearing Instrument Specialist	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.