Santa Barbara, California

Sterile Processing Technician Programs Near Santa Barbara

Where Can You Train in Sterile Processing Near Santa Barbara?

The closest sterile processing programs to Santa Barbara are at Concorde Career College-North Hollywood, High Desert Medical College-Bakersfield and Glendale Career College, 76 miles away and more. Online and hybrid options are listed below. Medical equipment preparers in California earn a median of $61,370 a year (BLS, May 2025).

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Closest Sterile Processing Programs to Santa Barbara

ProgramDistanceFormatLengthClinicalCost
Sterile Processing Technician at Concorde Career College-North HollywoodNorth Hollywood, CA76 miHybrid22 weeks80 hours$2,891
Sterile Processing Technician at High Desert Medical College-BakersfieldBakersfield, CA76 miHybrid32 weeks400 hours
Central Service Instrument Technician (CSIT) at Glendale Career CollegeGlendale, CA85 miOn campus and hybrid34 weeksIncluded

Straight-line distance from the centre of Santa Barbara to the school (IPEDS or Census coordinates). Program facts from each school's own pages, November 2026; blank cells: the school's pages don't give that figure.

Online and Hybrid Sterile Processing Options for Santa Barbara

ProgramFormatDistanceCost
Sterilization Processing Distribution Technician at Southern California Regional Occupational CenterHybrid87 mi
Sterile Processing Technician at High Desert Medical College-LancasterHybrid90 mi
Sterile Processing Technician at Prestige Career CollegeHybrid90 mi
Sterile Processing Technician at Integrity College of HealthHybrid92 mi
Diploma in Sterile Processing at Herzing University-MadisonOnline$530
Sterile Processing Technician (CE 086) at Kishwaukee CollegeOnline$1,300

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Sources

  1. Official program pages of the schools listed, reviewed November 2026
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Gazetteer places file (city coordinates)
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Equipment Preparers, California

Every program on this site was checked on the school's own website in November 2026. Clinical hours, exam prep and fees are shown as each school states them. Certification rules come from HSPA and CBSPD's own pages, and school completions from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS) data. Sponsored listings are labeled as ads and never change which programs we list or how we rank them. How we verify programs