2024 Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #90 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. 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 6 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for clinical/medical laboratory science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 109 bachelor's degrees in clinical/medical laboratory science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of clinical/medical laboratory science for getting your bachelor's 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

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's 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 - How many other clinical/medical laboratory science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's 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 bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science in Louisiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Clinical Laboratory Science

1

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

23 Annual Graduates

$57,880 Median Starting Salary

$38,689 Median Student Debt

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans is a great option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science. Located in the large city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public university with a small student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the clinical laboratory science program earn about $57,880 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

2

University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA

25 Annual Graduates

$55,176 Median Starting Salary

$21,053 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat University of Louisiana at Monroe if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science. ULM is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Monroe.

Soon after graduation, clinical laboratory science bachelor's recipients usually earn about $55,176 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from University of Louisiana at Monroe

3

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

8 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Louisiana Tech University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science. Located in the distant town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from Louisiana Tech University

4

Louisiana State University - Alexandria
Alexandria, LA

18 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Louisiana State University - Alexandria if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science. Louisiana State University - Alexandria is a small public university located in the rural area of Alexandria.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from Louisiana State University - Alexandria

5

McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from McNeese State University

6

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
Shreveport, LA

12 Annual Graduates

$55,758 Median Starting Salary

$40,400 Median Student Debt

LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport.

Soon after graduation, clinical laboratory science bachelor's recipients typically make about $55,758 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	93
Georgia	224	39
Tennessee	220	127
North Carolina	213	90
Virginia	213	106
South Carolina	195	26
Kentucky	187	66
Alabama	184	44
Mississippi	169	48
Arkansas	167	103
West Virginia	147	52

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Rankings in Majors Related to Clinical Laboratory Science

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Clinical Laboratory Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	109

Majors Similar to Clinical Laboratory Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	2,016
Communication Sciences	263
Other Health Professions	227
Health Sciences & Services	205
Allied Health Professions	170
Public Health	154
Health & Medical Administrative Services	91
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	75
Dental Support Services	67
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	58

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla. More about our data sources and methodologies.