2023 Most Focused Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science in New Mexico

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 Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in New Mexico” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is the 93rd most popular major in the country with 18,901 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New Mexico, there were 214 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,051 and $16,772 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in New Mexico” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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Schools Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico clinical laboratory science students.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science in New Mexico

1

University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus
Gallup, New Mexico

#17 overall quality in New Mexico

$30,476 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,766 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in New Mexico list. University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus is a small school located in Gallup, New Mexico that handed out 8 ’s clinical laboratory science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Report

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in New Mexico list. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at UNM

3

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 overall quality in New Mexico

$30,582 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,447 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in New Mexico list. This fairly large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 67 ’s clinical laboratory science degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

$51,426 Average Early-Career Earnings

$30,882 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Science Major in New Mexico list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified ’s clinical laboratory science students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Western New Mexico University

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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

• *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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