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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is the 97th most popular major in the country with 17,129 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southwest region, there were 2,382 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,600 and $15,746 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical/medical laboratory science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical/medical laboratory science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree clinical laboratory science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$15,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tarleton is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 12 masters’s clinical laboratory science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarleton, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tarleton are $15,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Tarleton

• 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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