2022 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant is the 606th most popular major in the country with 787 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 451 clinical/medical laboratory assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 349 clinical/medical laboratory assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical/medical laboratory assistant programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the clinical/medical laboratory assistant program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree clinical/medical laboratory assistant students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant in the Southwest Region

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,814 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest University at El Paso landed the #1 spot on the list. Southwest University at El Paso is a private for-profit institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 349 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest University at El Paso did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,814 for southwest region associate degree clinical/medical laboratory assistant students per year to attend Southwest University at El Paso.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Southwest University at El Paso Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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