2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology is the 199th most popular major in the country with 3,695 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 422 laboratory sciences and medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 laboratory sciences and medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in laboratory sciences and medical technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality laboratory sciences and medical technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the laboratory sciences and medical technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree clinical laboratory sciences students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 11 masters’s clinical laboratory sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Dakota are $18,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 8 masters’s clinical laboratory sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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