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Surgical-technologist programs in Texas on the federal training list, by published cost
34 programs in Texas’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for Surgical technologist (29-2055). Published costs run from $1 to $44,369; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Published cost basis | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Provider · city | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Surgical Technologist Bootcamp | QS Academy Inc. | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | $2,033 | Sterile Processing Technician | Austin Community College | competency-based | 67 | 81% | 85% | $10,244 |
| 3 | $2,281 | Sterile Processing Technician Non-Practicum Certificate | Tomball College (Lone Star College System) | competency-based | 51 | 100% | 53% | $8,709 |
| 4 | $3,250 | Surgical Technology (10003023 Austin) | Qs Academy Inc. | 16 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | $3,300 | Sterile Processing (10003454 Austin) | Qs Academy Inc. | 16 wk · 37 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | $3,450 | Surgical Technologist Bootcamp | QS Academy | 16 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | $3,450 | Surgical Technologist Bootcamp (260 clock hours) | QS Academy, Inc. | 16 wk · 9 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | $3,450 | Surgical Technologist Bootcamp | QuickStart Academy | 16 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | $3,450 | Surgical Technologist Bootcamp | QuickStart Academy | 16 wk · 17 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | $3,450 | Surgical Technologist Bootcamp | QS Academy | 16 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | $3,450 | Sterile Processing | QS Academy | 16 wk · 36 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | $4,112 | Sterile Processing Technician Practicum Track Certificate | Tomball College (Lone Star College System) | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | $4,190 | Surgical Technology | Tarrant County College | competency-based | 80 | 100% | 98% | $14,661 |
| 14 | $4,599 | Surgical Technology Certificate of Technology | San Jacinto College District | competency-based | 7 | 100% | 100% | $12,352 |
| 15 | $5,352 | Surgical Technology AAS | San Jacinto College District | competency-based | 74 | 100% | 88% | $14,274 |
| 16 | $5,989 | Sterile Processing Technician | Necoles Learning Academy | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | $6,030 | Surgical Technology | Trinity Valley Community College | competency-based | 19 | 74% | 89% | $12,597 |
| 18 | $6,477 | Surgical Technology Certificate | Austin Community College | competency-based | 7 | — | 64% | $14,126 |
| 19 | $6,618 | SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST | SOUTHWEST TEXAS JUNIOR COLLEGE | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | $6,766 | Surgical Technology AAS | Amarillo College | competency-based | 205 | 15% | 64% | $7,551 |
| 21 | $6,850 | Surgical Technology AAS | Austin Community College | competency-based | 68 | 81% | 79% | $14,072 |
| 22 | $6,937 | Surgical Technology AAS | Angelina College | competency-based | 12 | 100% | 100% | $12,370 |
| 23 | $8,744 | Surgical Technology Program | Paris Junior College District | competency-based | 20 | 100% | 90% | $12,574 |
| 24 | $9,286 | SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY | CISCO COLLEGE | competency-based | 20 | 90% | 88% | $14,743 |
| 25 | $14,392 | Surgical Technology AAS | Tomball College (Lone Star College System) | competency-based | 114 | 80% | 88% | $12,457 |
| 26 | $15,035 | Surgical Technology AAS | Texas State Technical College Harlingen | competency-based | 277 | 29% | 70% | $8,813 |
| 27 | $18,141 | Surgical Technology AAS | Vernon College | competency-based | 30 | 77% | 87% | $11,524 |
| 28 | $27,999 | Surgical Technology | Concorde Career College | competency-based | 214 | 63% | 84% | $11,499 |
| 29 | $31,212 | Surgical Technology | Concorde Career College | competency-based | 63 | 73% | 74% | $12,686 |
| 30 | $38,000 | Surgical Technology | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 356 | 48% | 77% | $9,850 |
| 31 | $38,000 | Surgical Technology | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 295 | 49% | 82% | $11,516 |
| 32 | $38,000 | Surgical Technology | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 240 | 43% | 80% | $9,879 |
| 33 | $40,500 | Cardiovascular Sonography | Concorde Career College | competency-based | 88 | 57% | 87% | $10,843 |
| 34 | $44,369 | Surgical Technology | Concorde Career College | competency-based | 17 | 53% | 68% | $10,296 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (3,833 programs for Texas in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.
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This page sorts surgical-technologist programs in Texas by the cost their providers published. The Retraining ROI report takes one target occupation and one state, ranks every listed program by the employment its completers reported, and — if you give your current pay — prints a payback estimate per program with its basis. Built on order from the same federal record; free sample on that page.
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