2026 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools in Texas
[Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant](/majors/health-care-professions/allied-health-medical-assisting-services/clinical-medical-laboratory-assistant/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong clinical/medical laboratory assistant education at a price that pays off.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for clinical/medical laboratory assistant students.
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2026 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools in Texas
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the clinical/medical laboratory assistant degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools
Southwest University At El Paso tops our 2026 list of the best value clinical/medical laboratory assistant schools in Texas. Southwest University At El Paso is a mid-sized private for-profit school located in the city of El Paso. Students from in state pay about $16,000 in tuition and fees. Typical student debt for clinical/medical laboratory assistant graduates is $18,250. Soon after graduation, clinical/medical laboratory assistant degree recipients from Southwest University At El Paso generally make around $24,117. That is a strong return on a $18,250 median debt.
The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Lamson Institute earned it the #2 place for clinical/medical laboratory assistant. Set in the city of San Antonio, Lamson Institute is a small private for-profit institution. Students borrow a median of $9,500 to complete the clinical/medical laboratory assistant program here. Early-career clinical/medical laboratory assistant graduates make about $26,882. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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