2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 18,901 people earned their degree in clinical/medical laboratory science, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, clinical/medical laboratory science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,036 and had an average of $19,885 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 20 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in clinical/medical laboratory science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their clinical/medical laboratory science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree clinical laboratory science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science in Maine

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#6 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in Maine list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s clinical laboratory science students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at UMaine

2

University of New England
Biddeford, Maine

#5 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in Maine list. University of New England is a private not-for-profit institution located in Biddeford, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UNE Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science in the New England Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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