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2022 Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

7 Ranked Colleges
218 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains 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 Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,013 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,380 and $13,273 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical/medical laboratory science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical/medical laboratory science 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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science in the Rocky Mountains Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s clinical laboratory science students in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BYU is $13,322 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Laboratory Science students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full BYU Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WSU is $11,968 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Laboratory Science students.

Read more about Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Weber State University

#3

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Wyoming is a public institution located in Laramie, Wyoming. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $12,159 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree clinical laboratory science students per year to attend University of Wyoming.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at University of Wyoming

#4

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Idaho State University is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $16,810 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree clinical laboratory science students per year to attend ISU.

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#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s clinical laboratory science students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for U of U is $14,773 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Laboratory Science students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at University of Utah

#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#6 in overall quality

University of Idaho did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s clinical laboratory science degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Idaho is $14,132 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Laboratory Science students.

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#7

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#7 in overall quality

The University of Montana ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UM is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 6 bachelors’s clinical laboratory science degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also made our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $15,246 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Clinical Laboratory Science students per year to attend UM.

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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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