2024 Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #40 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 27 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for clinical/medical laboratory science students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 488 associate degrees in clinical/medical laboratory science to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of clinical/medical laboratory science for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality clinical laboratory science program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on clinical/medical laboratory science students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of clinical/medical laboratory science students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How much debt clinical/medical laboratory science students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical/medical laboratory science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for clinical/medical laboratory science students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The clinical laboratory science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.
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