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

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 2 schools in West Virginia 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 52 bachelor's degrees in clinical/medical laboratory science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 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 bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Clinical Laboratory Science

1

Marshall University
Huntington, WV

24 Annual Graduates

$56,479 Median Starting Salary

$24,698 Median Student Debt

Marshall University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science. Marshall University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Huntington.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the clinical laboratory science program earn around $56,479 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from Marshall University

2

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

20 Annual Graduates

$55,033 Median Starting Salary

$26,050 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in clinical/medical laboratory science has to check out West Virginia University. WVU is a very large public university located in the small city of Morgantown.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the clinical laboratory science program state that they receive average early career wages of $55,033.

More information about a bachelor’s in clinical/medical laboratory science from West Virginia University

Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Colleges 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
Louisiana	171	109
Mississippi	169	48
Arkansas	167	103

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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	52

Majors Similar to Clinical Laboratory Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	774
Public Health	186
Health & Medical Administrative Services	120
Communication Sciences	119
Other Health Professions	101
Health/Medical Prep Programs	98
Allied Health Professions	89
Dental Support Services	52
Health Sciences & Services	29
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	12

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.