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Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting

Nashville, Tennessee Private for-profit 2-year Large city

Overview

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is a private for-profit two-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 805 students in fall 2024.

Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting offers certificates and associate degrees across 1 program, the largest being Surgical Technology/Technologist. It awarded 505 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 97 to 1.

Mission

It is our sincere goal and desire to train and graduate the highest quality assistants in the country. Meridian achieves this goal by implementing only programs that are of the highest standards and adhere to published surgical assisting education guidelines. Meridian graduates are thoroughly trained in all surgical disciplines, thus providing the ability for comprehensive surgical interventions leading to the best care available for all patients

Mission statement as reported by Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting

Key figures

805
Students enrolled
505
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
1
Programs and majors
97:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 1

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
97:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
11
Certificates under 1 year
494

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
805
Undergraduates, fall 2024
805
Full-time, fall 2024
97%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,261
Full-time, 2024-25
99%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
80%
Men
20%
White
66%
Hispanic or Latino
13%
Black or African American
14%
Two or more races
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
3%
Students taking some online courses
97%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Continuous
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
President
Dennis A Stover
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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