The main focus area for this major is Laboratory Technician. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Central New Mexico Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in clinical laboratory science, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at CNM paid an average of $296 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $56 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $1,344 | $7,104 |
Fees | $306 | $306 |
Books and Supplies | $1,440 | $1,440 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Clinical Laboratory Science students who received their associate degree at CNM took out an average of $10,862 in student loans. That is 42% lower than the national average of $18,733.
clinical laboratory science who receive their associate degree from CNM make an average of $38,829 a year during the early days of their career. That is 9% higher than the national average of $35,602.
Online degrees for the CNM clinical laboratory science associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the CNM Online Learning page.
About 82.4% of the students who received their Associate in clinical laboratory science in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 41.2% of the clinical laboratory science associate degrees at CNM in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Laboratory Technician | 17 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to clinical/medical laboratory science.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health Sciences & Services | 588 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 14 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 13 |
Allied Health Professions | 103 |
Nursing | 278 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.