2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,695 people earned their degree in laboratory sciences and medical technology, making the major the 199th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 979 laboratory sciences and medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 laboratory sciences and medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in laboratory sciences and medical technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great laboratory sciences and medical technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the laboratory sciences and medical technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The clinical laboratory sciences 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 “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree clinical laboratory sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ohio State University - Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$37,141 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s clinical laboratory sciences degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s clinical laboratory sciences students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology at Michigan State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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