A program that prepares individuals to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of hematology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, immunohematology, physiological relationships to test results, laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls, test and research design and implementation, analytic techniques, laboratory management, data development and reporting, medical informatics, and professional standards and regulations.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 181 | 2% | $27,476 |
| 2 | University of North Dakota | 116 | 4% | $22,091 |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 93 | 2% | $24,486 |
| 4 | Michigan State University | 89 | 1% | $28,862 |
| 5 | George Washington University | 74 | 1% | $71,930 |
| 6 | Austin Peay State University | 71 | 3% | $24,946 |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 69 | 1% | $27,367 |
| 8 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | 58 | 3% | N/A |
| 9 | San Francisco State University | 55 | 1% | $27,480 |
| 10 | The University of Texas Medical Branch | 53 | 6% | N/A |
| 11 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 53 | 1% | $32,041 |
| 12 | University of Rhode Island | 52 | 1% | $30,351 |
| 13 | Idaho State University | 45 | 2% | $21,548 |
| 14 | CUNY Hunter College | 43 | 1% | $22,379 |
| 15 | University of Utah | 42 | 1% | $24,472 |
| 16 | Stony Brook University | 39 | 1% | $26,091 |
| 17 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German | 39 | 5% | $17,986 |
| 18 | California State University-Dominguez Hills | 38 | 1% | $23,722 |
| 19 | Winston-Salem State University | 36 | 3% | $20,134 |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35 | 1% | $30,552 |
| 21 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 35 | 2% | $30,275 |
| 22 | University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences | 34 | 7% | N/A |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Provo | 33 | 0% | $18,776 |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 32 | 1% | $29,342 |
| 25 | Saint Cloud State University | 31 | 1% | $20,991 |
| 26 | Farmingdale State College | 31 | 1% | $24,744 |
| 27 | Illinois State University | 30 | 1% | $29,758 |
| 28 | Northern Illinois University | 29 | 1% | $29,117 |
| 29 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 29 | 1% | $24,915 |
| 30 | National University | 28 | 1% | $15,024 |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 28 | 2% | $19,069 |
| 32 | University of Kentucky | 28 | 0% | $30,101 |
| 33 | Wichita State University | 28 | 1% | $24,042 |
| 34 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27 | 1% | $24,048 |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 27 | 0% | $23,294 |
| 36 | The University of West Florida | 27 | 1% | $19,014 |
| 37 | University of Nebraska Medical Center | 27 | 4% | N/A |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 27 | 0% | $23,811 |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | 26 | 1% | $23,127 |
| 40 | Marshall University | 25 | 1% | $21,969 |
| 41 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 25 | 4% | N/A |
| 42 | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | 25 | 3% | $16,918 |
| 43 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 25 | 0% | $27,638 |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 24 | 1% | $17,514 |
| 45 | DeVry University-Arizona | 24 | 9% | $17,917 |
| 46 | Grand Valley State University | 24 | 0% | $24,948 |
| 47 | Northern Michigan University | 23 | 1% | $24,187 |
| 48 | Ferris State University | 23 | 1% | $23,194 |
| 49 | Wayne State University | 23 | 0% | $27,157 |
| 50 | Eastern Michigan University | 23 | 0% | $26,196 |
| 51 | Augusta University | 23 | 2% | $21,254 |
| 52 | University of Central Florida | 23 | 0% | $22,548 |
| 53 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 23 | 1% | $23,843 |
| 54 | University at Buffalo | 22 | 0% | $27,758 |
| 55 | Eastern Kentucky University | 22 | 1% | $23,706 |
| 56 | University of Vermont | 22 | 1% | $34,210 |
| 57 | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans | 22 | 4% | N/A |
| 58 | University of Maryland, Baltimore | 21 | 1% | N/A |
| 59 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 20 | 1% | $27,190 |
| 60 | Tarleton State University | 20 | 1% | $21,795 |
| 61 | Old Dominion University | 20 | 0% | $26,456 |
| 62 | Oakland University | 20 | 0% | $25,524 |
| 63 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro | 20 | 1% | $10,709 |
| 64 | Georgia Southern University | 20 | 0% | $23,014 |
| 65 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20 | 0% | $26,336 |
| 66 | Andrews University | 20 | 3% | $40,566 |
| 67 | CUNY York College | 20 | 2% | $8,522 |
| 68 | Seattle University | 19 | 1% | $61,608 |
| 69 | University of Kansas | 19 | 0% | $26,566 |
| 70 | Marist College | 19 | 1% | $58,150 |
| 71 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 19 | 0% | $20,471 |
| 72 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 18 | 26% | $49,585 |
| 73 | Loma Linda University | 18 | 2% | N/A |
| 74 | University of Illinois at Springfield | 18 | 1% | $25,473 |
| 75 | Long Island University | 18 | 0% | $56,283 |
| 76 | Texas State University | 18 | 0% | $23,130 |
| 77 | Thomas Jefferson University | 17 | 1% | $59,762 |
| 78 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus | 17 | 1% | $7,520 |
| 79 | Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | 17 | 1% | $23,307 |
| 80 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 16 | 0% | $20,390 |
| 81 | Jefferson College of Health Sciences | 16 | 4% | $44,536 |
| 82 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16 | 0% | $25,116 |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | 15 | 4% | N/A |
| 84 | Carolinas College of Health Sciences | 15 | 9% | $15,412 |
| 85 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15 | 1% | $21,762 |
| 86 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 15 | 0% | $22,537 |
| 87 | Marquette University | 15 | 1% | $58,057 |
| 88 | Salisbury University | 15 | 1% | $25,774 |
| 89 | Upstate Medical University | 15 | 6% | N/A |
| 90 | Mercy College | 15 | 1% | $38,200 |
| 91 | Saginaw Valley State University | 15 | 1% | $22,254 |
| 92 | University of Mississippi | 14 | 0% | $25,436 |
| 93 | University of Connecticut | 14 | 0% | $32,404 |
| 94 | Texas Southern University | 14 | 1% | $25,343 |
| 95 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | 14 | 1% | N/A |
| 96 | Dominican University of California | 14 | 3% | $65,818 |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flex | 13 | 14% | N/A |
| 98 | Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences | 13 | 3% | $30,512 |
| 99 | McNeese State University | 13 | 1% | $21,526 |
| 100 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | 13 | 8% | N/A |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.