Sterile Processing Programs in the Detroit area

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$45,570

medical equipment preparers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$18,700

of 1 with a cost, IPEDS

Sterile Processing Programs in the Detroit area at a glance

Open to the public: 5 programs: 5 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Detroit: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 2.9 miles, farthest 18.8 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 5 list one: $18,700 (IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 8 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 4 listed programs give weeks: 24 to 39 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 122 sterile processing awards at the 5 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 4 of 5 on Michigan's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 88% of exiters employed in the second quarter (3 report it); middle completion 54% (4 report it)
Pay here: $45,570 median for medical equipment preparers ($21.91 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $39,590 to $61,270; 1,030 employed in the metro area; Michigan median $45,670 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Abcott InstituteWIOA list	Southfield	Certificate	$18,700	8 months	18	2.9
Dorsey CollegeWIOA list	Madison Heights	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	39	8.6
Schoolcraft Community College District	Livonia	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	6	12.9
Dorsey College-RosevilleWIOA list	Roseville	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	40	15.6
Dorsey College-WoodhavenWIOA list	Woodhaven	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	19	18.8

WIOA in Michigan: 2,599 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 13 of them Sterile processing.
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