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Surgical tech program at Midwestern Career College
Chicago, IL · Private for-profit 2-year · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, associate degree
- $37,850
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $671
- Listed cost
- $38,521
- LengthIPEDS
- 69 credit hours, 20 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 20
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 101 graduates
- $42,091
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $59,192
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $212 a month over 10 years
- $20,000
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $65,389
- Typical pay for surgical technologistsBLS OEWS May 2025, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- $66,360
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About this program
Midwestern Career College awarded 20 surgical tech credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 6 we list. Its listed tuition of $37,850 compares with a Illinois median wage of $64,650 for surgical technologists (BLS, May 2025).
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