Accredited surgical tech programs
315 surgical tech programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding in 41 states and territories
That is 87% of the 363 surgical tech programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
The program itself can be accredited too: the Department's list records that for the surgical technology program at 14 of these schools. Another program accreditor, CAAHEP, accredits surgical technology programs3 and keeps its own directory: search CAAHEP's accredited programs.
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
All surgical tech programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited surgical tech programs in each state
- Alabama3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Alaska1accredited school, 1 program
- Arizona6accredited schools, 6 programs
- Arkansas9accredited schools, 9 programs
- California7accredited schools, 8 programs
- Colorado3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Delaware1accredited school, 1 program
- Florida23accredited schools, 23 programs
- Georgia15accredited schools, 16 programs
- Illinois15accredited schools, 17 programs
- Indiana7accredited schools, 14 programs
- Iowa7accredited schools, 7 programs
- Kansas3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Kentucky8accredited schools, 8 programs
- Louisiana9accredited schools, 9 programs
- Maine1accredited school, 1 program
- Maryland3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Massachusetts1accredited school, 1 program
- Michigan12accredited schools, 12 programs
- Minnesota8accredited schools, 10 programs
- Mississippi9accredited schools, 11 programs
- Missouri16accredited schools, 17 programs
- Montana2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Nebraska4accredited schools, 4 programs
- New Jersey1accredited school, 1 program
- New Mexico3accredited schools, 3 programs
- North Carolina18accredited schools, 19 programs
- North Dakota1accredited school, 1 program
- Ohio21accredited schools, 23 programs
- Oklahoma8accredited schools, 8 programs
- Oregon1accredited school, 1 program
- Pennsylvania1accredited school, 1 program
- South Carolina1accredited school, 1 program
- South Dakota3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Tennessee15accredited schools, 15 programs
- Texas16accredited schools, 18 programs
- Utah5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Virginia2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Washington8accredited schools, 9 programs
- Wisconsin12accredited schools, 14 programs
- Wyoming2accredited schools, 2 programs
Schools with surgical tech programs that the state approved for WIOA funding and that are on the Department of Education's list. A school approved in two states counts in each.
How the accredited surgical technology schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).4 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about surgical tech programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), Committees on Accreditation
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List