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Career Information for Surgical Technologists in Texas

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Fast Facts for Surgical Technologists in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Sherman, Odessa, and San Angelo
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Longview, El Paso, and Houston
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth

Salaries for Surgical Technologists in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Houston, San Angelo, and Fort Worth. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Surgical Technologists in Texas are listed below.

Selected Surgical Technology Schools in Texas

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Brown Mackie College
San Antonio

Offers degree and certificate programs in business, health care, legal assistance, and computer technology. Located at 18 campuses throughout the U.S.

  • Programs: Surgical Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Sanford Brown College
Dallas, Houston

Students attend the school to gain practical skills directly useful in their chosen fields. Multiple campuses around St. Louis plus one in Milwaukee.

  • Programs: Surgical Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Anthem College
Irving

Anthem College has 24 campus locations nationwide as well as the flexibility of online program options.

  • Programs: Surgical Technologist
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

More Texas Surgical Technology Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloAssociate10,387
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Cisco CollegeCiscoAssociate3,365
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
El Centro CollegeDallasAssociate6,680
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Galveston CollegeGalvestonAssociate2,044
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Howard CollegeBig SpringAssociate3,329
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort ArthurAssociate2,325
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
North Central Texas CollegeGainesvilleAssociate7,590
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
Paris Junior CollegeParisAssociate4,343
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Plains CollegeLevellandAssociate6,602
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Temple CollegeTempleAssociate4,787
Texas State Technical College HarlingenHarlingenAssociate4,957
Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthensAssociate5,046
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
Vernon CollegeVernonAssociate2,808
Virginia College-AustinAustinAssociate825
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonAssociate5,892

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Surgical Technologists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Surgical Technologists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Surgical Technologists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TEXAS

   
Sherman70$37,5003.2
Odessa100$31,0303.1
San Angelo60$42,5102.6
Tyler140$35,7602.6
Wichita Falls70$31,2302.1
College Station80$35,2601.7
Amarillo100$36,9301.6
Lubbock120$35,1401.6
Fort Worth820$40,9701.4
Abilene50 1.4
Corpus Christi150$36,8401.3
San Antonio740$35,0901.3
Brownsville100$38,4701.3
McAllen180$39,4901.3
Austin540$40,1201.1
Dallas1,390$40,2001
Houston1,570$43,0400.9
El Paso150$37,9300.9
Longview50$31,6800.9
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