Surgical Technology, A.A.S. - SUNY Niagara

🏠 SUNY Niagara Open House | ☀️ April 2026: Sanborn + NFCI Open Houses @ SUNY Niagara |

REGISTER NOW
A group of people wearing blue surgical gowns, masks, gloves, and hair covers stands in a medical training room with medical equipment and lights, while two people in regular clothes watch from the back.

Surgical Technology, A.A.S.

Book A Tour Apply Now

Program Overview

The Surgical Technologist (ST) is a highly respected, vital professional in contemporary health care. As a qualified surgical technologist, the SUNY Niagara Surgical Technology graduate will become credentialed as a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) and find employment in many aspects of healthcare. The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) accredits the SUNY Niagara Surgical Technology degree program and graduates earn an AAS degree in Surgical Technology. The SUNY Niagara Surgical Technology program is one full-time pre-requisite semester and three full-time Surgical Technology core course semesters and combines classroom and off-campus clinical experiences at hospitals in Niagara and Erie counties.

Surgical Technology Advisement Presentation

HEALTH RECORDS/BLS REQUIREMENTS

Program Goals and Objectives

  • Demonstrate and integrate the principles of asepsis into practice to protect the patient, self, and surgical team members in the perioperative stages.
  • Gain knowledge to successful be credentialed and employed as a Certified Surgical Technologist.
  • Perform as a competent entry-level surgical technologist in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains.
  • Provide students the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to function safely and efficiently in the clinical setting.
Catalog Information
Curriculum Overview


Professional Licensure Disclosure

Effective July 1, 2024, federal regulation requires institutions of higher education to make a  determination whether a Title IV eligible academic program that leads to professional licensure or certification meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification in the U.S. State where the institution is located and the U.S. States where “distance education” students are located at the time of initial enrollment in the program, as well as U.S. States where the program is advertised as meeting such requirements, and if applicable, the U.S. State where students attest they intend to be licensed/certified.

The Surgical Technology A.A.S. program at SUNY Niagara is registered by the New York State Education Department and thus meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification for New York State.

Through a good faith effort, and for the purpose of complying with the federal regulation, we have determined that Surgical Technology A.A.S. program at SUNY Niagara, if successfully completed, is sufficient to meet the educational requirements for licensure/certification in the following U.S. States:

New York – https://www.nbstsa.org/

It is important to note that SUNY Niagara is not the licensure/certification authority in these U.S. States and cannot assess whether an individual candidate will be issued a license/certificate in these U.S. States and instead it is incumbent on each individual candidate to contact the licensure/certification authority in the applicable U.S. State for any further guidance on the requirements for licensure/certification requirements and application processes.

Accreditation

The Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (https://www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the ARC/STSA, 6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Suite #110, Littleton, CO 80120, 1-303-694-9262, https://www.arcstsa.org.

Degree Program Outcomes

Graduates of 2025 Surgical Technology Outcomes

  • CST examination pass rate is 87%
  • CST job placement is 93%