2024 Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
an associate degree in
clinical/medical laboratory science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 32 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 283 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
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 include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 complete 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
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Programs
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