2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $0-$30k) in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 17,129 people earned their degree in clinical/medical laboratory science, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, clinical/medical laboratory science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,047 and had an average of $17,559 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 1,074 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,788 and $15,017 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent clinical/medical laboratory science programs, but they also 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 science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 4 masters’s clinical laboratory science degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at University of California - Davis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $0-$30k)

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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